tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21831166196398272752014-10-03T00:14:24.495-07:00On the Verge~Couples ed.On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-33044359829958489452012-04-15T15:28:00.000-07:002012-04-15T15:28:12.555-07:00Beauty school drop out........sike! But this DOES get sung around the house ohhhh almost every day.... :) Eric Fisher Academy = AMAZING! I have loved every minute so far! Well except all the safety and chemical lectures....BUT...I am a week away from the salon floor and have made it through these last 10 weeks! SOOO many tests! I don't even remember studying this much in college! Every 10 weeks you get placed in a new phase and this is my last week in the first phase, so a week from this Tuesday, I will be taking clients! YAY! We have learned SO much and I am ready to put it to use for sure. Just a few quick updates are: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_qIj6uql5ys/T4tDZKnu41I/AAAAAAAAA6E/9tECCevJ3Dg/s1600/417676_1479360382692_1194240073_30918634_1000386024_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="203" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_qIj6uql5ys/T4tDZKnu41I/AAAAAAAAA6E/9tECCevJ3Dg/s400/417676_1479360382692_1194240073_30918634_1000386024_n.jpg" /></a></div> 1. This is my class! There are 16 of us, and that is great, because usually they have around 30 and we get lots of attention! They are a crazy, but entertaining bunch:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pPPRF_Imme0/T4tDY3veXMI/AAAAAAAAA58/slcCUM-XaMM/s1600/405933_10150565640856623_510931622_9372244_929638408_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pPPRF_Imme0/T4tDY3veXMI/AAAAAAAAA58/slcCUM-XaMM/s400/405933_10150565640856623_510931622_9372244_929638408_n.jpg" /></a></div> 2. This is Dani...she is my "BFF" in the class and I think Jesus sent me her to give me sanity throughout every day:) LOVE THIS GIRL (she is the one on the left) She is super artsy and has tattoos and cool hair and is so everything I am not brave enough to rock haha. We get along great and laugh a lot. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8SXHu52X3b4/T4tDnw_htcI/AAAAAAAAA6U/LecvYQnUXmY/s1600/531835_1507135797060_1194240073_30932797_388480970_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8SXHu52X3b4/T4tDnw_htcI/AAAAAAAAA6U/LecvYQnUXmY/s400/531835_1507135797060_1194240073_30932797_388480970_n.jpg" /></a></div> 3. We had a crazy 80s day at school....enough said there. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9mNmzeHhGYc/T4tEMuSL37I/AAAAAAAAA6s/vkFKwH2jIgw/s1600/20120406_124014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9mNmzeHhGYc/T4tEMuSL37I/AAAAAAAAA6s/vkFKwH2jIgw/s400/20120406_124014.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l16Q6LX76z0/T4tEMfXF35I/AAAAAAAAA6g/5sVlbnKIlt4/s1600/532768_3337728134467_1606530007_2720932_961793319_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l16Q6LX76z0/T4tEMfXF35I/AAAAAAAAA6g/5sVlbnKIlt4/s400/532768_3337728134467_1606530007_2720932_961793319_n.jpg" /></a></div> 4. We did a whole week of fun with up-dos and they are my new fave!!!! We learned so many cool techniques and I wish I had an up-do every day to play around with. They can be stressful under time constraints, but the pressure really makes you think and find solutions and sometimes you end up with the best stuff under pressure! One time we were all just fooling around and I did this up-do...not sure how I came up with it or if anyone besides a crazy runway show would even rock it, but whether it is pleasing to your eye or not....this is what happened when someone gave us a free hr, a back-combing brush, and a few bobby pins:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l0GzXcQzsQo/T4tFc3nuUnI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/SiUlBNoLrWU/s1600/20120316_162228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l0GzXcQzsQo/T4tFc3nuUnI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/SiUlBNoLrWU/s400/20120316_162228.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G87D3Fax4kQ/T4tFcA1LfjI/AAAAAAAAA64/XbNbH44s0FE/s1600/20120316_162200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G87D3Fax4kQ/T4tFcA1LfjI/AAAAAAAAA64/XbNbH44s0FE/s400/20120316_162200.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7iTaxO4bBQM/T4tFccEBqgI/AAAAAAAAA7E/7PxZiXbqV6U/s1600/20120316_162220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7iTaxO4bBQM/T4tFccEBqgI/AAAAAAAAA7E/7PxZiXbqV6U/s400/20120316_162220.jpg" /></a></div> We also did an up-do contest with categories that the whole school voted on...and I didn't really think mine fit into any of the categories given, but I ended up getting voted for 1st place in the Bridal category! I was really shocked...but I was super happy to see others liked what I had done. I actually had this whole other thing planned out that was sorta crazy, spunky-like, but I almost had a nervous breakdown half way through and did this in the last hour of the three we were given...ha! It was a fun experience:) I learned about myself that I love doing big dramatic up-dos that every day proms or brides probably wouldn't necessarily want, but they taught us a lot about doing dramatic ones and also toning them down for every day events. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4A7euajdfwk/T4tGVRgSOhI/AAAAAAAAA8M/bPsR8PlcZmM/s1600/20120317_154837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4A7euajdfwk/T4tGVRgSOhI/AAAAAAAAA8M/bPsR8PlcZmM/s400/20120317_154837.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsB-3duwJAc/T4tGUFN_EXI/AAAAAAAAA7c/NsKD8cQEUUI/s1600/20120317_154756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsB-3duwJAc/T4tGUFN_EXI/AAAAAAAAA7c/NsKD8cQEUUI/s400/20120317_154756.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5a8tRkKIJE/T4tGUcMGn3I/AAAAAAAAA7o/lKZv9u-A8Q0/s1600/20120317_154803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c5a8tRkKIJE/T4tGUcMGn3I/AAAAAAAAA7o/lKZv9u-A8Q0/s400/20120317_154803.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CD19G5YwErc/T4tGUn78YbI/AAAAAAAAA70/YAe8Gx4BjLw/s1600/20120317_154809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CD19G5YwErc/T4tGUn78YbI/AAAAAAAAA70/YAe8Gx4BjLw/s400/20120317_154809.jpg" /></a></div> d<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vf-X6xVVPNw/T4tGVHi5JhI/AAAAAAAAA78/hPQ4EuuMNNc/s1600/20120317_154820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vf-X6xVVPNw/T4tGVHi5JhI/AAAAAAAAA78/hPQ4EuuMNNc/s400/20120317_154820.jpg" /></a></div> 5. We did our first all over REAL highlight yesterday! Not on a real person yet, but with real product that did real changes to the hair! It was awesome to see actual changes in the hair that I made happen! We get to do our first real client hair color this Saturday, and Chance's sister is coming in for me to do hers! Here is my first official color process of my career!!... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5WE-5QRvH8/T4tG41ldUQI/AAAAAAAAA8w/LRUM3hO83uk/s1600/20120414_163641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5WE-5QRvH8/T4tG41ldUQI/AAAAAAAAA8w/LRUM3hO83uk/s400/20120414_163641.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsXjOip1ZCU/T4tG4FLrfBI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/1UO1gbbN4uM/s1600/20120414_163611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JsXjOip1ZCU/T4tG4FLrfBI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/1UO1gbbN4uM/s400/20120414_163611.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXDwxROp55w/T4tG4Z5YBBI/AAAAAAAAA8k/fM2vHUjfzOg/s1600/20120414_163616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXDwxROp55w/T4tG4Z5YBBI/AAAAAAAAA8k/fM2vHUjfzOg/s400/20120414_163616.jpg" /></a></div> 6. I STILL have an amazing husband of 8 months now who has been nothing but supportive in every way through this entire 10 weeks! We are hardly crossing paths it seems, because the other update is that I am in fact serving at Chili's a few nights a week to help with money. It definitely doesn't put a huge dent in any bills, but it gets us gas or an extra date night or socks or something;) It is so weird to be college educated, in full time school, and working part time....I feel pretty weird waiting tables and talking to tables who probably think I am 18 with no life or something...but hey, I love serving and I am dang good at it! So....back to husbandly things, he is still helping me study, going to get me any snack on nights where I am stressed, and definitely nightly foot rubs:) I even came home to flowers a few times when weeks were hard...Love this man! I know Jesus put us together every day for amazing reasons.....and I couldn't make it through school without him. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y860f1JUaAQ/T4tH2EIJ6pI/AAAAAAAAA88/bvkVB_BVKEc/s1600/20120406_173031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y860f1JUaAQ/T4tH2EIJ6pI/AAAAAAAAA88/bvkVB_BVKEc/s400/20120406_173031.jpg" /></a></div> 7. YES I did cut my long locks...not too short, but short for me! My teacher ended up talking me into it actually...she had done some of the others girls' hair and I was definitely impressed with her techniques and ability to give each person a personalized styled cut. I gave in and there went 7 inches! I thought I would cry...or miss it...or something...but I actually LOVE IT! I didn't tell Chance I did it, and he was so surprised when I came home! He told me he loved it and he definitely likes the change. It isn't shorter because I am a newlywed...and it's not shorter just because I am in hair school:)...It has been a blast doing something new and the long hair wasn't doing much for me regardless. It is a little shorter in the back than in the front, and I can still put it up in a ponytail. I had never had a different style, so I am loving the idea of getting to try new things. This is a horrible picture I know, but I haven't had the chance to get a good side picture or anything when it looks better....I've been so busy! But the general idea hopefully you can see and I'll put up more later. The other picture is me saying goodbye to my longer hair a few minutes before she cut it. Had to get one "before" pic! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5XT3T5jz-98/T4tJVSg4XJI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/lk2oyXrqGrY/s1600/20120404_140445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5XT3T5jz-98/T4tJVSg4XJI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/lk2oyXrqGrY/s400/20120404_140445.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fatgI53JQFo/T4tJVC907lI/AAAAAAAAA9I/O9_YXBxEkC0/s1600/20120404_183056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fatgI53JQFo/T4tJVC907lI/AAAAAAAAA9I/O9_YXBxEkC0/s400/20120404_183056.jpg" /></a></div> So that is the current update on hair school! I am sure I will have lots more stories once I start taking clients, but I have had zero doubts so far so that is encouraging! I am also super pumped because one of my dear friends asked me today to do her wedding hair and all 7 bridesmaids!!! I am so excited and honored she asked...I love that I love what I do and can't wait to learn more!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-42533408603248161402012-02-20T11:55:00.000-08:002012-02-20T11:55:57.897-08:00Chance being husbandish...again! Chance and I both agreed to not do Valentine's day celebrations since I did the office for us, but when I came home from school on the 14th, Chance had a little surprise for me:) He got me this HUGE hot pink froggy to snuggle with, chocolates, and flowers. I love that he understands it's the small things that make my heart so happy. He also got us balcony seats for the movie "The Vow" at the Warren, which is super special, because you sit in this special balcony part with huge heated loveseats and servers come get your order for popcorn, pop, candy, or actual food with a press of a button at your seat. Fancy, right?! :) He also got me two love movies that had the actors in them that are in "The Vow" so that I could "get my fix" of them until the movie the next day. So he got one movie with Channing Tatum and one with Rachel McAdams. HA! It was pretty cute. Look at the set up he had! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8IMF0g7FgI4/T0KjlIsJraI/AAAAAAAAA5M/sDnmzZ2x5ic/s1600/20120214_173836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8IMF0g7FgI4/T0KjlIsJraI/AAAAAAAAA5M/sDnmzZ2x5ic/s400/20120214_173836.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hVedBuYN8eI/T0Kj863L47I/AAAAAAAAA5Y/IdUwSKg7J8I/s1600/20120214_173117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hVedBuYN8eI/T0Kj863L47I/AAAAAAAAA5Y/IdUwSKg7J8I/s400/20120214_173117.jpg" /></a></div> So our first married Valentine's was really special, and honestly this whole month of February has been really exciting and has had me on my knees thanking Jesus for all the opportunities He has presented me with. I am so happy that Jesus created marriage, because sharing my life with Chance has been the most amazing thing yet. On a side note...the dogs NEVER pay attention to the TV. Occasionally if there are dogs barking, they look around, but pretty much they are oblivious to the goings-on. Chance and I were watching the dog show the other night and even though there was no barking or anything, Beast happened to catch the TV in his sight, and parked himself in front of the screen for the entirety of the show. If we changed the channel, he walked away, and when we turned back, he'd wander back over and stare straight up at the screen. It was the cutest thing I ever saw! I took a video of it, but it's too hard to post it because it is too big. But here is a picture. His head would follow the dogs back and forth as the owners trotted them around. HA! Maybe we was looking for a girlfriend;) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZpoZCF3D3fw/T0Kj9YhBsEI/AAAAAAAAA5k/XjpYtByg5ec/s1600/20120213_214013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZpoZCF3D3fw/T0Kj9YhBsEI/AAAAAAAAA5k/XjpYtByg5ec/s400/20120213_214013.jpg" /></a></div> It reminded me of this from 101 Dalmations:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4Jhm1awKIo/T0Kk2gdaAqI/AAAAAAAAA5w/_v9Q4ayNQy8/s1600/vlcsnap-2012-01-23-18h28m27s187.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4Jhm1awKIo/T0Kk2gdaAqI/AAAAAAAAA5w/_v9Q4ayNQy8/s400/vlcsnap-2012-01-23-18h28m27s187.png" /></a></div>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-7754011424649268442012-02-20T11:42:00.000-08:002012-02-20T11:42:05.708-08:00Birthday shenanigans!Chance and I decided that since I started school on the 13th, we would cram birthday AND Valentine's Day into the couple weeks before school. Here's the breakdown: First weekend in February, Chance's parents came to Wichita and took Chance and me to the casino! They enjoy getting away from the business and we enjoy seeing them! It was a blast. We went to Old Chicago for some pizza and then headed down to the new casino in Mulvane. It seems strange to say that we like going there. Not in a "trashy-waste-money" sort of way, we have only been twice...but we like to go when we actually have a little extra money. Usually we just take what we would for a normal date and when it's gone, it's gone....so no worries all of you worriers about finances! We stick to our guns:) Anyway, long story short, Chance and I both won the exact same amount of money! I mean, I TOLD him to sit down at a certain slot machine and he DID win on the one I told him to play on...but I guess he still can call it "his win." ;) I was feeling down about him winning more than me (we are a little too competitive) and I decided before we left I'd sit down at a machine. Well we both won within a dollar of each other! His dad said we better leave after we both won the same so we wouldn't fight or lose it! Haha! It was a huge success and I think the casino knew it was my fake birthday because we all walked away happy. Chance's parents stayed overnight at a nearby hotel and we went out to to eat at a yummy mexican place for dinner. We were hoping to go out somewhere that night, but we were all SO EXHAUSTED we all went to bed! Yikes....I guess 24 is feeling older than I expected. Casino night=awesome! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bJ26DofawK8/T0KaCpbfr5I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/bW100141Yo4/s1600/20120205_171512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bJ26DofawK8/T0KaCpbfr5I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/bW100141Yo4/s400/20120205_171512.jpg" /></a></div> So that was the first weekend. Then we had the second weekend in February! Mom made us a YUMMY dinner of my always requested homemade meatballs. I have always chosen them since I was a kid and I've never had better! We had mom, dad, kathy, cheryl, dick, and chance at the table and talked over wine and comfort food for hours. My mom really knows how to throw a special birthday dinner! Mom went shopping with me and got me a whole new wardrobe of all black for my dress code at hair school....food AND shopping?...Does a girl need more?...Thanks, mom and dad! Oh and she ALSO made two whole Nestle Tollhouse pies...OH MY GOODNESS ARE THEY AMAZING! Chance really outdid himself this year. He is so so so great at things like this I honestly don't always know what to say about his thoughtfulness. When the Lord created him, He must have known what kind of husband I needed and wanted, because Chance has been over-the-top precious to me since day one. My birthday was no exception. I started school on Monday the 13th, and I had school on my birthday, Saturday the 18th. He drove all the way over to the West side of town to put a sweet card in my car for me to find after school. THEN when I got home he had quite the set up waiting for me. The theme you ask?....An apartment sized re-creation of our honeymoon in Jamaica. Ya. I always pride myself on being awesome at gifts and surprises, but I think he won this round. WOW. He had my Jamaican colored sarong hanging on the mirror, a beach scene on the wall, palm trees all over, Bob Marley playing in the background, our honeymoon pictures on the TV, and to top off all the decorations....he had all our favorite random snack foods from Sandals ready for dinner. Keep in mind that our favorite snack foods from our honeymoon were NOT the dinners or other fancy foods...NO WAY. Our favorite foods were the ones only available after midnight...like gross chips and cold fries with flavorless cheese sauce, jerk chicken wings, and the pizza from the grill that was no pizza hut for sure. Don't judge. We STILL crave those things you can only get beach side at 2 am. Chance had all those things! Not to mention he had the only beer available at Sandals in Jamaica....Red Stripe! I always got a side of red with my beer when we were at the pool, so Chance even got tomato juice for me to have with my beer. AH! It was so sweet. We both snacked and ate and talked about all our favorite things and people we missed in Jamaica and it was emotional and amazing. Chance also got me a present for my birthday! He got me an Express shirt, Express scarf (BOTH of which I would have picked out myself!), a Rhianna CD, and a brand new MAC make up brush for my collection!!! Does the perfect husband go check with his wife's make up lady at the MAC counter to check to see which one I need next? Yes, yes he does. I was beyond floored and let's just say I had a great three weeks of birthdays! I am too blessed with BOTH my immediate family, my in-law family, and my current little family with two pups and a rockin' husband. Thank you Jesus for these last 24 years! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kylso0BXLsk/T0KeFJaDW8I/AAAAAAAAA3s/NUo399aij4M/s1600/DSCN0591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="250" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kylso0BXLsk/T0KeFJaDW8I/AAAAAAAAA3s/NUo399aij4M/s400/DSCN0591.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wIB_i3KB4dA/T0Kdd0Q-rcI/AAAAAAAAA3g/tXWjP-yyS44/s1600/DSCN0590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wIB_i3KB4dA/T0Kdd0Q-rcI/AAAAAAAAA3g/tXWjP-yyS44/s400/DSCN0590.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zPzoVnIipqw/T0KddVyqZ1I/AAAAAAAAA3U/DzVxbIrI_B8/s1600/DSCN0589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; 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margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6UujlE0iN5Y/T0Ke7hwBavI/AAAAAAAAA4E/4o1w-VAQSFU/s400/DSCN0594.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-37STcy-RdkQ/T0KeFrH3UGI/AAAAAAAAA34/iB5wXhEWRQE/s1600/DSCN0593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-37STcy-RdkQ/T0KeFrH3UGI/AAAAAAAAA34/iB5wXhEWRQE/s400/DSCN0593.JPG" /></a></div>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-88555405137413855392012-01-29T23:24:00.000-08:002012-01-29T23:24:17.507-08:00Valentine's day...a little earlyWell we celebrated Vday a little early this year. Mostly because hair school starts on the 13th and I don't want to be cramming a holiday into my first week of school. Also because my birthday is on the 18th and is NOT to be combined with Valentine's celebrations:) I'm a little greedy when it comes to my birthday and I suppose I married the right man because he loves birthdays too! Anyway, I kept telling Chance that he was not allowed to get me anything for Vday, because I was spending extra $ to get him a bigger gift that also sort of benefited me, so he obliged. I had to throw out lots of hints to throw him off course, because he secretly likes to try to guess what the gift is and ruin it for me...so I didn't want any close guesses. We have a two bedroom apartment, and the 2nd bedroom has just been sort of where we put his video games and the dog kennels. We always talked about it being an office for him, but never had the time or energy. Well since I quit my job, guess who has time and energy! I told him I was going to keep his gift in my closet but that it was too big to fit so that's how I kept him out the 2nd bedroom while I plotted my room. I love love love to shop around... and my bestie Erin, thankfully, loves to shop around as well. She's super mom, because she totes her baby girl around with us and lets her walk around the store and shop with us all while talking to me about our personal lives in the middle of TJ Maxx, and can see an awesome lamp or frame from a mile away (often even on clearance!)...all this at the same time. Awesome best friend, right? So since she works part time, we had some days to spend with each other roaming around to hobby lobby, tj, world market, target, etc. looking for the perfect items for my room. It all started with these pillows: they were the perfect colors for his office...not too girly, but not too man cave-ish, and warm and homey feeling to me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EkFrr2FKR9s/TyYtKqdqctI/AAAAAAAAAyE/SdLqIjGNojc/s1600/DSCN0509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EkFrr2FKR9s/TyYtKqdqctI/AAAAAAAAAyE/SdLqIjGNojc/s400/DSCN0509.JPG" /></a></div> The papasan chair is actually from my old house, I bought it from Pier One when I was in high school! I totally thought I would be all cool and study in it and it just ended up being where I threw clothes options all the time. I think I slept in it like once. So needless to say it hasn't been used much. So I stole it from my parents house and brought it over to use for a corner study area for me for the room. Basically the rest was just searching all over trying to find just the right frames, candles, or other decor to get the room ready for Chance. I'm guessing most people don't care where I found things, so I won't list all that out, but it was an adventure of going to the west side stores, then east side stores, then back again, then waiting for things to go on sale...etc. I will just put up all the pictures and give a few shout outs along the way:) I got little chalk board tags to put the puppies' names on for their kennel, a little wooden storage crate for their toys, also with a chalkboard front, and a container for their dog food so we don't have a huge bag sitting around. Not sure why I had an obsession with chalk board stuff, but it just kept happening and I was ok with it. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-enzst3uL1_M/TyY2z8tE0hI/AAAAAAAAAyc/cM1fOBGPMB8/s1600/DSCN0545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-enzst3uL1_M/TyY2z8tE0hI/AAAAAAAAAyc/cM1fOBGPMB8/s400/DSCN0545.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zg39zKc_rNI/TyY2znU7lBI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/2kNtAh3sVZ0/s1600/DSCN0503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zg39zKc_rNI/TyY2znU7lBI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/2kNtAh3sVZ0/s400/DSCN0503.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8v4fmGuM-D4/TyY38Ak-5RI/AAAAAAAAAyo/JI5N_zecHuU/s1600/DSCN0550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8v4fmGuM-D4/TyY38Ak-5RI/AAAAAAAAAyo/JI5N_zecHuU/s400/DSCN0550.JPG" /></a></div> I was also pretty pumped to get our first wedding picture printed....and in an 18x24! Startin' big! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mqPgioP2KzQ/TyY5Rbk1KKI/AAAAAAAAAzA/OYpzKVsjTnI/s1600/DSCN0506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mqPgioP2KzQ/TyY5Rbk1KKI/AAAAAAAAAzA/OYpzKVsjTnI/s400/DSCN0506.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iyEYnQ1nHb4/TyY5RJIKmeI/AAAAAAAAAy0/HvNhAOnuECs/s1600/DSCN0505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iyEYnQ1nHb4/TyY5RJIKmeI/AAAAAAAAAy0/HvNhAOnuECs/s400/DSCN0505.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-attZwwEFA1Y/TyY6K1JjkJI/AAAAAAAAAzM/xCezV7RlPm4/s1600/DSCN0507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-attZwwEFA1Y/TyY6K1JjkJI/AAAAAAAAAzM/xCezV7RlPm4/s400/DSCN0507.JPG" /></a></div> A few special pieces: Chance had this old computer hard drive that he had shot several times when he was mad at an old computer one time and when I tried to throw it away he told me "No you can't throw it out." Me- "Why?" Chance- "Cuz I have to keep it around to show other computers who's boss...it's like nerd cred..." SOOO...I found a cool shadow box and mounted in on some patterned paper I got at hobby lobby with epoxy and hung it for all other computers to see:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uNWnJisvW34/TyY7JniYi4I/AAAAAAAAAzY/UBiht7at57U/s1600/DSCN0517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uNWnJisvW34/TyY7JniYi4I/AAAAAAAAAzY/UBiht7at57U/s400/DSCN0517.JPG" /></a></div> I also used his old video game holder (which was black and cheap) as a tiny book case type thing and spray painted it brown to match the rest of the room. I was on a small budget, so I had to use a lot of what we had so I could afford things like the desk and chair and frame. I put his two custom discs on it, because he will never actually use them he told me, since they are special and he doesn't want to lose one in the water. One is a "groom" one I got him when we were planning the wedding and the other one I gave him on our wedding day. I also put a few tv dvd collections he had on the shelves, and a plaque we got in Jamaica, accompanied with a few honeymoon pictures for us to day dream about. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K0w0FJIFuks/TyY8a5MvFII/AAAAAAAAAzw/nbeweffJlC4/s1600/DSCN0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K0w0FJIFuks/TyY8a5MvFII/AAAAAAAAAzw/nbeweffJlC4/s400/DSCN0558.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JbnoX-stjwo/TyY8avEBSrI/AAAAAAAAAzk/gIZxx-TNzmg/s1600/DSCN0557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JbnoX-stjwo/TyY8avEBSrI/AAAAAAAAAzk/gIZxx-TNzmg/s400/DSCN0557.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKiLDeS6MY8/TyY9ppUIFrI/AAAAAAAAA0I/cRre2iyTAk8/s1600/DSCN0513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKiLDeS6MY8/TyY9ppUIFrI/AAAAAAAAA0I/cRre2iyTAk8/s400/DSCN0513.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x4aUoGHfsvM/TyY9pZBFS8I/AAAAAAAAAz8/TK0oDjYJLoQ/s1600/DSCN0559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x4aUoGHfsvM/TyY9pZBFS8I/AAAAAAAAAz8/TK0oDjYJLoQ/s400/DSCN0559.JPG" /></a></div> The lamp: We actually got this lamp about a year ago because we both loved it and it was on sale, but we obviously never used it...it just sat next to the dog kennels. Erin and I have been Pinterest junkies so we decided to glue buttons on the lamp shade:) Don't even ask about all the projects we ALMOST did and then ditched. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1xWbpuV1PLM/TyY-x1hMRlI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hJ8TDuqGwDE/s1600/DSCN0553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1xWbpuV1PLM/TyY-x1hMRlI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hJ8TDuqGwDE/s400/DSCN0553.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zawyVVUS4hs/TyY-xeshNNI/AAAAAAAAA0U/2a9ysPLC89M/s1600/DSCN0554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zawyVVUS4hs/TyY-xeshNNI/AAAAAAAAA0U/2a9ysPLC89M/s400/DSCN0554.JPG" /></a></div> I hung baskets to use for bills or any other papers that Chance might want to keep around...and again with the chalk board pieces, haha:) I got this one just for writing fun messages to each other. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SDHfV4_IXFo/TyZAokUf8-I/AAAAAAAAA04/aK0TWT1rRmg/s1600/DSCN0563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SDHfV4_IXFo/TyZAokUf8-I/AAAAAAAAA04/aK0TWT1rRmg/s400/DSCN0563.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hikRF8UgsgE/TyZAoCUF4SI/AAAAAAAAA0s/hsO_mX3CH0I/s1600/DSCN0560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hikRF8UgsgE/TyZAoCUF4SI/AAAAAAAAA0s/hsO_mX3CH0I/s400/DSCN0560.JPG" /></a></div> No office is complete without an "I love you" paperweight:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mV8Rll4utkw/TyZBfvFO4bI/AAAAAAAAA1E/CrS1-OuZhA0/s1600/DSCN0564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mV8Rll4utkw/TyZBfvFO4bI/AAAAAAAAA1E/CrS1-OuZhA0/s400/DSCN0564.JPG" /></a></div> Chance's parents actually had this at their house, it's one of those pieces where someone takes pictures of things in nature that resemble letters and it spells your name or whatever. I commented on it when we were visiting once and Chance liked it lots and his mom was kind enough to let us use it here! They are entirely too nice! So I spray painted the frame to match the shelves because it was black before and just didn't look right in the room, but I'm so glad we were able to use it! It reminds us of Ellinwood home and gives us warm fuzzies:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lebBptWdaYc/TyZCppc2dNI/AAAAAAAAA1c/Rl24mP7Sptc/s1600/DSCN0522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lebBptWdaYc/TyZCppc2dNI/AAAAAAAAA1c/Rl24mP7Sptc/s400/DSCN0522.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PdwQPqOdsXQ/TyZCpd4RqmI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/eYOwNJkrCKM/s1600/DSCN0569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PdwQPqOdsXQ/TyZCpd4RqmI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/eYOwNJkrCKM/s400/DSCN0569.JPG" /></a></div> I also wanted this room for Chance because we just sat down and REALLY budgeted our finances since I will be starting school soon and we needed a legit plan...so I made him this make shift checklist he can use every month to check off our bills. I just got some cork board from Target and some card stock and some push pins and drew some not so perfect lines 30 minutes before Chance got home from work that day:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHmbiYDnXEU/TyZDePmSxtI/AAAAAAAAA1o/K7AR0aBjz7E/s1600/DSCN0565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHmbiYDnXEU/TyZDePmSxtI/AAAAAAAAA1o/K7AR0aBjz7E/s400/DSCN0565.JPG" /></a></div> I lit some candles and made a tiny path to the room so Chance could open his "gift" and we spent forever talking about each thing and sitting around in the room enjoying the weekend:) Chance loved hooking up his desktop and the puppies hung around with us too. It's so nice to have more "sitting around" space in the apartment! Chance was really excited and I am so happy he liked it! I guess when you get married, it's totally ok to do gifts like this for each other and not pathetic that we liked it way more than normal gifts...right???....right??? Happy first married Valentine's Day!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPolxGzhBRs/TyZEoS_0QHI/AAAAAAAAA2A/o8YhLrHqjYs/s1600/DSCN0527.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPolxGzhBRs/TyZEoS_0QHI/AAAAAAAAA2A/o8YhLrHqjYs/s400/DSCN0527.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOmNgn43YA8/TyZEnwUh4XI/AAAAAAAAA10/ufoLJv7Vjbg/s1600/DSCN0500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOmNgn43YA8/TyZEnwUh4XI/AAAAAAAAA10/ufoLJv7Vjbg/s400/DSCN0500.JPG" /></a></div> PS I had to throw in this picture of the pups because they were totally posing for me! I couldn't recreate this if I tried! :) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AWXcM1NUsxk/TyZFX-PbsiI/AAAAAAAAA2M/n5gvYpBors4/s1600/DSCN0579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AWXcM1NUsxk/TyZFX-PbsiI/AAAAAAAAA2M/n5gvYpBors4/s400/DSCN0579.JPG" /></a></div>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-11788923730515571712012-01-07T15:20:00.000-08:002012-01-07T16:25:18.224-08:00Arcade dateLast year for Valentine's day, I got Chance an assortment of dates for the year, one of which was a gift card to Chuck E Cheese! We hadn't used it yet, mostly because the idea of going into a huge room full of snotty kids was not my ideal date, but today we had nothing to do and like zero dollars in the bank, so we opted for the free Saturday arcade date! I actually ended up loving this time with Chance. It had nothing to do with the greasy pizza I got either. I felt a little creepy walking around with a camera...especially since we had no kids with us, but I have really been wanting to take more pictures of our time together, so I sucked it up and hoped no parents gave me a creepy look. I am also pumped that my new camera has a self timer on it, so I dont have to always ask some stranger to take our picture. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZK8xIKTleUM/TwjW54E-16I/AAAAAAAAAvE/1vqP_G5oXoQ/s1600/DSCN0402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZK8xIKTleUM/TwjW54E-16I/AAAAAAAAAvE/1vqP_G5oXoQ/s400/DSCN0402.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FYFaK7Ng1GM/TwjW5pzpNDI/AAAAAAAAAu4/C5GNovLVjro/s1600/DSCN0400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FYFaK7Ng1GM/TwjW5pzpNDI/AAAAAAAAAu4/C5GNovLVjro/s400/DSCN0400.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sX9rHysLD30/TwjT4WxzqGI/AAAAAAAAAuU/WhqR5nR4LUg/s1600/DSCN0419.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sX9rHysLD30/TwjT4WxzqGI/AAAAAAAAAuU/WhqR5nR4LUg/s400/DSCN0419.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0eP4ZlyTsMY/TwjVTxManrI/AAAAAAAAAus/miGyfosJduE/s1600/DSCN0410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0eP4ZlyTsMY/TwjVTxManrI/AAAAAAAAAus/miGyfosJduE/s400/DSCN0410.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IVysnAhTwNE/TwjVTidAPWI/AAAAAAAAAug/CwCzSO68bXs/s1600/DSCN0405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IVysnAhTwNE/TwjVTidAPWI/AAAAAAAAAug/CwCzSO68bXs/s400/DSCN0405.JPG" /></a></div> We ran around like little kids playing all sorts of games and getting tickets. Chance was super cute as usual and stood in line behind 6 year olds waiting for the games he wanted. Look how happy he was! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymTieTtkzw4/TwjYRvJZI2I/AAAAAAAAAvo/e83CGorcUkc/s1600/DSCN0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymTieTtkzw4/TwjYRvJZI2I/AAAAAAAAAvo/e83CGorcUkc/s400/DSCN0422.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxGyZa9JQyY/TwjYQpCANmI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/Yptl1lFD6IM/s1600/DSCN0421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JxGyZa9JQyY/TwjYQpCANmI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/Yptl1lFD6IM/s400/DSCN0421.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uwfuAugVMAs/TwjYROqajOI/AAAAAAAAAvc/0pjf9E4pE54/s1600/DSCN0420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uwfuAugVMAs/TwjYROqajOI/AAAAAAAAAvc/0pjf9E4pE54/s400/DSCN0420.JPG" /></a></div> We also did this funny game where it makes you into a collectors card sort of deal. We got the "pro skatboarder" one and barely fit our adult heads into the frame. But yes I will keep this and probably attempt to use it as a form of identification someday:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9SP242ZB-A/TwjZZMb4VRI/AAAAAAAAAv0/M6yfzBdpKTo/s1600/DSCN0432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9SP242ZB-A/TwjZZMb4VRI/AAAAAAAAAv0/M6yfzBdpKTo/s400/DSCN0432.JPG" /></a></div> We also did this sketch game where you sit in the photobooth, it takes your picture, and then it "draws" you and prints it out. We didn't really know how to pose so we just did what we wanted cuz it counted down from 5 really fast and this is just what we ended up with. Pretty great if you ask me. Sometimes I look at Chance and realize how much we are best friends. I would so have done this sort of thing with a girlfriend in high school or college. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkQrBoFPk3U/TwjZ76-vBXI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ZifsH3wHbD8/s1600/DSCN0435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkQrBoFPk3U/TwjZ76-vBXI/AAAAAAAAAwA/ZifsH3wHbD8/s400/DSCN0435.JPG" /></a></div> More of Chance playing fun games, skee ball, obviously is a favorite. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pqXRPWVwvgo/TwjeICkRL3I/AAAAAAAAAwk/C4VFTJQ7tQc/s1600/DSCN0437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pqXRPWVwvgo/TwjeICkRL3I/AAAAAAAAAwk/C4VFTJQ7tQc/s400/DSCN0437.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QrYNYXObjlk/TwjeHTU8_2I/AAAAAAAAAwM/AZfeRgBdam8/s1600/DSCN0443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QrYNYXObjlk/TwjeHTU8_2I/AAAAAAAAAwM/AZfeRgBdam8/s400/DSCN0443.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EDevm97P6MI/TwjeHuGI99I/AAAAAAAAAwY/aQbg018sWPc/s1600/DSCN0440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EDevm97P6MI/TwjeHuGI99I/AAAAAAAAAwY/aQbg018sWPc/s400/DSCN0440.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VgGXwVOWRGU/TwjfXBtPccI/AAAAAAAAAw8/tTywVNqMMtk/s1600/DSCN0448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VgGXwVOWRGU/TwjfXBtPccI/AAAAAAAAAw8/tTywVNqMMtk/s400/DSCN0448.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdSyDWXbRHI/TwjfWyjSarI/AAAAAAAAAww/Qk92d5NPgKw/s1600/DSCN0446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdSyDWXbRHI/TwjfWyjSarI/AAAAAAAAAww/Qk92d5NPgKw/s400/DSCN0446.JPG" /></a></div> I tried to take a picture in the mirror of this one arcade game and people kept walking in front of us so this is the best we could do. That place is crawling with kids (and germs!). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ieWBYYFYCdw/Twjf8Z4Y6dI/AAAAAAAAAxI/GtiFqIWoqb4/s1600/DSCN0458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ieWBYYFYCdw/Twjf8Z4Y6dI/AAAAAAAAAxI/GtiFqIWoqb4/s400/DSCN0458.JPG" /></a></div> So the date was great. It took up our whole afternoon and we had a blast. And yes, we DID wash our hands 10 thousand times after we got home if you were worried. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9END1w-KNU/TwjggfyldDI/AAAAAAAAAxU/atvkfpTqW_E/s1600/DSCN0462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9END1w-KNU/TwjggfyldDI/AAAAAAAAAxU/atvkfpTqW_E/s400/DSCN0462.JPG" /></a></div> For an added laugh you can see how we seem to get my boots and Beast confused a lot around the apartment. Can you see why? Haha. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2JMQKSl2Q0/TwjiCBehz_I/AAAAAAAAAx4/EGdcm7-X2P8/s1600/DSCN0466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2JMQKSl2Q0/TwjiCBehz_I/AAAAAAAAAx4/EGdcm7-X2P8/s400/DSCN0466.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TVLBHuDq0WU/TwjiBorbeaI/AAAAAAAAAxg/mBOrIcupOtA/s1600/DSCN0463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TVLBHuDq0WU/TwjiBorbeaI/AAAAAAAAAxg/mBOrIcupOtA/s400/DSCN0463.JPG" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DcD_SIpW1b0/TwjiB_1tQpI/AAAAAAAAAxs/LHWvCrybHbg/s1600/DSCN0465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DcD_SIpW1b0/TwjiB_1tQpI/AAAAAAAAAxs/LHWvCrybHbg/s400/DSCN0465.JPG" /></a></div>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-73360091856909764552012-01-03T13:01:00.000-08:002012-01-12T10:21:01.598-08:00My "new thang"So my big life change (to me it's big anyway) is that I'm quitting my job! Ha, ok that's only part of it...but I am quitting my job and going to cosmetology school! WOOT! I have only wanted to do hair and make up since I was ohhhh 16....so this is a really awesome "dream come true" sort of moment. I get my "dream come true" sort of moment because I have an amazing, supportive, "dream come true" sort of husband as well. He didn't even try to hold me back on this. No talks about what does this mean financially or anything, just a sweet "We can TOTALLY live just on my paycheck" comment, which to be honest, I am not even sure is true! How great is he? I normally think that girls who talk about their husbands so much on Facebook or a blog or something are ridiculous and just make the rest of feel down and second guess ourselves, like "Why doesn't MY husband wear cute suspenders all the time" or "Why doesn't MY husband take me to eat on the top of a mountain somewhere like that?" (and more so, how did they get that huge sofa up there for that photo?). But I can tell you that Chance and I have our ups and downs, and you better believe I blab about them both. But when he is amazing (which is 98% of the time), you will REALLY hear about it. He was so great about all this. He knew I craved a career and wanted me to be happy. He also loves the idea of saying his wife is a hairdresser, he tells me. I think he also likes the idea of me doing hair because I can always do crazy things to my hair and get tattoos. That won't be me....entirely. I already try crazy things with clothes and hair, but I can tell you I will NEVER be able to rock a pixie cut and never be able to do things like shave half my head, bleach it blonde, and wear the other half long. These types...wont be me. I can't say I'll never get a tattoo, because I promised Chance before I said "I do" that I would someday get a tattoo for him since he loves them so much. And I'm assuming by my personality that once I get one, more may add on. They WILL be classy though...still working through all that, I'll save that for a later post. ANYWAY, I will never be this girl: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7g07eQOsWFU/TwNqUUglLmI/AAAAAAAAAuI/VjoajQuTwj0/s1600/hair-style3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="330" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7g07eQOsWFU/TwNqUUglLmI/AAAAAAAAAuI/VjoajQuTwj0/s400/hair-style3.jpg" /></a></div> I might DO some hair like that:)...but never portray all that jazz. Ok, so I'm REALLY excited. I don't even know how to prepare! I wish there was a way to, but there is just being really excited. Here is the link to the hair school I am attending. http://www.ericfisheracademy.com/ It is amazing. Best in the midwest pretty much. I am so pumped that it is in Wichita and that I can drive there in 15-20 minutes! So I definitely want to keep up on my posting but I am sure that during those 9 months I am going to be swamped. I really want to photograph my way through school though, so I will be trying to post my little journey along the way. Chance is excited too, and we are trying to spend a bunch of time together since I will be busy from Tues-Sat 9-5 every week. It will be a big change for us. I have prayed and prayed and I feel so confident in this decision. Even if I just get the minimum of learning a skill that I can use down the road with a family, I will have succeeded in my book. I obviously hope that my hard work and passion for it will drive me to a more successful place than just earning a skill, but I don't even care because I get to experience all this! If you think of Chance and me during a certain day or night, please pray that God will give us strength, energy, and the ability to glorify Him in each decision we make. THANK YOU JESUS for this! I am so happy. Of course hair won't be the only thing happening in our lives, so blogging will not turn into a hair school parade...but it's just our new thing!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-84384989951930334612012-01-03T12:32:00.000-08:002012-01-03T14:02:04.776-08:00Kissy kissyOk so yes it has been like almost 3 months since I posted. I kinda thought there would be a bunch of after wedding happenings that I could blog about and actually it is the opposite. If I blogged about all the things Chance and I did each day, most of them would consist of us going to Target, watching TV, complaining about the gym, (which, if we just went right away we could be done with the gym by the time we were done complaining in the first place), and playing with the dogs. I know that everyone says that after the wedding you will be depressed because there isn't any attention on you and that is actually my favorite part. I hated getting asked questions over and over about wedding details. Not that I didn't love all my details, but the same ones...over and over. I am wondering how long it is going to take before people stop asking me "How are you enjoying married life?". 6 months? 1 year? next week? (PLEASE!). I also hate how when people ask "How are you enjoying married life?" with a lift of their brow I sorta cant help but hear in my head "So how are you enjoying sleeping over since that's the only thing that really changed since 'I do'". Maybe that sounds out of line, but it's just a horrible question to ask someone. It kinda also sounds like "I dont remember anything else about you to ask about so I will jump back to the last big event I remember which is your wedding". I want to say, "It's great, how's living without your grandma?" or something equally as horrifying. I am sounding entirely too morbid I think...especially since I started this post to show off my new found confidence in red lipstick. "Kissy kissy" is now not seeming like an appropriate title. I think I'll keep it anyway. I really want to boast about my new life change (that will inevitably be the next big event people ask me about for the next 2 years), but I'll put that in it's own post. NO...it's not a baby. Sorry for the let down. Ok so, I LOVE make up I decided. I never wanted to be the "I love make up" girl, because they seem to always look cakey and fake tan or something. But over the last couple years, I've discovered MAC. I think I may turn out to be one of those old ladies who will ONLY wear a certain kind of make up even if it's WAY out of style. So I hope, dear MAC, that you never go out of style. I got a Sephora make up case from Chance's grandma (and mine now, yay!) that my sister says looks like a tackle box and I should go on a fishing trip. I, however, am oddly proud of this case and the fact that I can halfway fill it! It is this one: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B19JcJWFkik/TwNj4FYITXI/AAAAAAAAAtY/qFVZhkU9MfI/s1600/P41537_hero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="250" width="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B19JcJWFkik/TwNj4FYITXI/AAAAAAAAAtY/qFVZhkU9MfI/s400/P41537_hero.jpg" /></a></div>I have a lady, Renee, at the MAC make up stand in the mall, who is the only one I let give me tips, because (a) She showed me how to put on foundation with a brush like 2 yrs ago and I fell in love with her since then (b) I will admit the other sales people sometimes scare me with their adventurous eye make up and (c) she did my wedding make up and gave me fake eyelashes and made me feel like Kim K. I recently (ok like a couple months ago) got her to MAKE me like red lipstick. I was so envious of all the girls who looked so cool with like, a white tshirt, jeans, and red lipstick. I always had the idea that red lipstick was for, I dont know, a kids Christmas program and only the grandmas wore it. But magazines have pressured me and I jumped in. I wanted the fire engine red. Complete with lip liner. I LOVE it. I still don't like eating with it on, because of the obvious fear that my sandwich will smudge it onto my nose or something, but in general, LOVE it. Try to wear it as much as possible without being the girl that thinks she looks hott in it all the time. I also love it because my low lights in my hair are also fire engine red right now. So that helps. I'm looking up and seeing that I've been typing my thoughts aloud for a long time and it has nothing to do with anything interesting besides why I like make up and red lipstick. OHHH well....maybe you have some of the same thoughts as me and that makes me feel normal. Here are few shots of my lips....and a couple to show how it goes with my hair:) If you aren't already on the red lipstick train, jump on as soon as you can! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MQSASXmjCxA/TwNlxlIe_8I/AAAAAAAAAtk/yvPgjqgR7Ow/s1600/IMAG2117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MQSASXmjCxA/TwNlxlIe_8I/AAAAAAAAAtk/yvPgjqgR7Ow/s400/IMAG2117.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bD4rRb7VA-M/TwNlx9WtSUI/AAAAAAAAAtw/jBA7ei4aOn8/s1600/IMAG2113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bD4rRb7VA-M/TwNlx9WtSUI/AAAAAAAAAtw/jBA7ei4aOn8/s400/IMAG2113.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSffMxgLwbw/TwNlyatkCUI/AAAAAAAAAt8/axe_zBdecsY/s1600/IMAG2111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tSffMxgLwbw/TwNlyatkCUI/AAAAAAAAAt8/axe_zBdecsY/s400/IMAG2111.jpg" /></a></div>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-74090701288076032982011-10-10T16:59:00.000-07:002011-10-10T16:59:03.040-07:00Harley gets a brother...Well.....yes.....it is true. There is a new member of the Haddon family. Meet Harley's new baby brother, Beast. (haha....beast) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwDcwXvlZ6E/TpNLAjlZkqI/AAAAAAAAArY/oO60fbvBqmM/s1600/imagejpeg_2_13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwDcwXvlZ6E/TpNLAjlZkqI/AAAAAAAAArY/oO60fbvBqmM/s400/imagejpeg_2_13.jpg" /></a></div> Beast is a Lhasa Apso. You may be thinking, "What is a Lhasa Apso?" They are a lot of the time show dogs, and look like this: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsQnaQfd2PY/TpNLTG_XJ4I/AAAAAAAAArg/z5k79phLEZ8/s1600/1530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="192" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EsQnaQfd2PY/TpNLTG_XJ4I/AAAAAAAAArg/z5k79phLEZ8/s400/1530.jpg" /></a></div> Yikes...right? Well Beast is first of all black as you can see above...and also his hair will stay shorter than that! He is really hard to get a picture of, because he is 1) A puppy and runs around and 2) is all black and hard to distinguish between puppy and other objects! So I tried to google Lhasa apso puppy to give you an idea on his size and body and this is the best I could find, but he is a little bigger than that. But body wise, you can see what they look like without all the long hair haha. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YrKgnnzqDZU/TpNNhKx_aYI/AAAAAAAAArw/-63shDRUNJM/s1600/3546476-lhasa-apso-puppy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YrKgnnzqDZU/TpNNhKx_aYI/AAAAAAAAArw/-63shDRUNJM/s400/3546476-lhasa-apso-puppy.jpg" /></a></div> He is very low to the ground (like Harley can stand over him) But wide and so soft and flat on top. With a cute little apple bottom rump! I tell Chance he reminds me of this guy off of Beauty and the Beast: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fx20KMAKN-I/TpNN_FOfw9I/AAAAAAAAAr4/QSrhsYLyoDU/s1600/500full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="170" width="230" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fx20KMAKN-I/TpNN_FOfw9I/AAAAAAAAAr4/QSrhsYLyoDU/s400/500full.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nuEytRV6-2k/TpNN_UIQuBI/AAAAAAAAAsA/DEczllsFg7I/s1600/Beauty-and-the-Beast-cogsworth-2291268-1024-768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="249" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nuEytRV6-2k/TpNN_UIQuBI/AAAAAAAAAsA/DEczllsFg7I/s400/Beauty-and-the-Beast-cogsworth-2291268-1024-768.jpg" /></a></div> The puppy ottoman, Sultan...ha:) Only because he is just like that dangit! He is super snuggly and low to the ground and shaggy....and he sits on your feet! The guy at the pet store said they were literally used as feet warmers because they love to come plant themselves on your feet. He is super sweet so far....Chance and I were really worried about bringing another pet into the family, but .... I'm always "on the verge" of course! If you want the story though, it started when I was running errands for work and decided to stop in with a co-worder at Petland. I was looking at the puppies for fun and I saw this sweet boy! I asked to hold him and after a few licks I was ready to take him home:) Chance has been wanting another dog pretty bad and we need a medium sized dog still because of the apartment. I put a hold on him so that we could have 48 hrs to think about taking him without anyone else buying him. I told Chance I had a surprise and after a blindfolded ride to petland I showed him the pup! Chance LOVED him. We were actually going to get him and sell him to his best friend, Troy, because he has been wanting a really good dog like Harley, but after talking with Troy, he decided he wasn't ready yet...Chance was happy! We waited to pick him up until yesterday, because we had some company and I didn't want to be potty training with guests. And NO he wasn't a million dollars. He actually was older than all the other puppies (about 4 months) so they really wanted him to get a good home and sell quicker. He was priced at $950 the DAY BEFORE I came in and they took away all the normal pet store guarantees and mish mosh and sold him straight up and out the door for $250! Clearance puppy! Beast was named by Chance and Harley is getting along great. We got a hot pink kennel for Harley and gave Beast the black one. I also got a bunch of new toys so Harley didn't feel trumped. We also have been giving Harley extra love and attention so that she isn't sad about the new addition. They have been definitely figuring out the older sister, little brother dynamic...annnnnd I just realized that I am talking about these two like they are my children. Yikes...I am that girl right now. Stop it. Stop it. It's better than having a baby right away ...right? RIGHT? What if in these years of waiting to have kids I have like 10 puppies? My house would be covered!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8glM0kQ2SI/TpNTHcp2VjI/AAAAAAAAAsI/RUdyGJG5KhM/s1600/puppy_pile1.gif.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="299" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8glM0kQ2SI/TpNTHcp2VjI/AAAAAAAAAsI/RUdyGJG5KhM/s400/puppy_pile1.gif.jpg" /></a></div> I would need so much food!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3fVD-HT6i9o/TpNTMbbdzhI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/p_DLLq4-8is/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="194" width="259" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3fVD-HT6i9o/TpNTMbbdzhI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/p_DLLq4-8is/s400/images.jpg" /></a></div> Ok...I promise right now before God and the world wide web that I will have NO more pets until I have a house and/or a child. Ok...whew! I feel better. Plus that gave me an excuse to post super cute puppy pictures:) Anyway, Beast is potty training like a champ! We brought him home and had a pretty rough first day and thought about taking him back (not gonna lie) but today he has rocked it! Pottied all three times he was taken out and hasn't chewed a single thing other than a toy since we brought him home! Also hasn't barked...and slept through the night with no potty in his kennel! I am basically the dog whisperer it's no big deal. I SWEAR that Jesus has given me these dog training magic skills since I went through every single birthday and christmas begging for a puppy. Now I have two amazing pups that are well trained! Almost. Beast is also great because he warms my feet obviously, and he is hypoallergenic (like Harley), doesn't shed (even though he has all that hair!), and hasn't been one of those crazy barking little dogs! Beast is just ....well, a little beast:) His nicknames so far have been Beasty boy, Furby ferbs (because his big round eyes and smooshed face look like those toys, ya know?), <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Zpk8R_N9jw/TpNT2txQ8GI/AAAAAAAAAsY/kH8VPUajVBQ/s1600/Furby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="379" width="307" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Zpk8R_N9jw/TpNT2txQ8GI/AAAAAAAAAsY/kH8VPUajVBQ/s400/Furby.jpg" /></a></div> .... Monster, sasquatch, squish face, and teddy bear. I'll keep ya updated, but so far he is learning just as quick as Harley did! Hopefully I am not dreaming that this can work out....and don't worry sisters and parents....no more surprises.....for now. On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-63552510273027814842011-10-02T17:31:00.000-07:002011-10-02T17:31:41.065-07:00Gotta start somewhereYes this is another craft. GOSH. Lay off! :) Here is how this one began...my best friend Erin (married with a 10 month old, went to high school with her) and I hang out with her husband, my husband, and our other best friend, Michael, EVERY Sunday night. It's kinda Jersey Shore style in that we all bring something and eat dinner and hang out from about 7 to 11 and catch up on each other's lives. Total family dinner tradition. We usually order out from somewhere or all bring something to add to a meal. I always look forward to Sunday nights! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tyXBMXX5f5o/ToTEWO4wDqI/AAAAAAAAApo/6t9fL6tLhbw/s1600/family-dinner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tyXBMXX5f5o/ToTEWO4wDqI/AAAAAAAAApo/6t9fL6tLhbw/s400/family-dinner.jpg" /></a></div> Well since I am all married now and trying recipes, Erin and I started talking about how we need to start trying recipes together and build a little recipe book for ourselves. Not like some legit book, but just start conglomerating some recipes (old and new) and saving them! Sunday nights prove to be perfect timing for this adventure. So I decided CRAFT TIME! It's weird though, I looked all over for cute recipe storage things and cards and separators and apparently people do not store recipes in this fashion anymore! Or maybe I am looking in the wrong places! I happened to find some cute boxes on clearance at Michael's craft store and some fun recipe cards on sale to go with them (for $1!).... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tuqaKdU_eJY/ToTItLCD1wI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0InLKjYErzQ/s1600/IMAG2073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tuqaKdU_eJY/ToTItLCD1wI/AAAAAAAAAqo/0InLKjYErzQ/s400/IMAG2073.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-miMirZqZKWw/ToTItWyi0EI/AAAAAAAAAqw/5xgBR9CARqI/s1600/IMAG2072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-miMirZqZKWw/ToTItWyi0EI/AAAAAAAAAqw/5xgBR9CARqI/s400/IMAG2072.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-frixGQX0V8k/ToTItkc24iI/AAAAAAAAAq4/v4KV-5TxUMc/s1600/IMAG2071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-frixGQX0V8k/ToTItkc24iI/AAAAAAAAAq4/v4KV-5TxUMc/s400/IMAG2071.jpg" /></a></div> Kinda fun, right? The sayings on the recipe cards are pretty cute. There were a couple other different ones too. So then I went searching for some separator tab things (like appetizer, desserts, etc) and nothing! AH! I was so frustrated! I still got the boxes and cards, one for me and one for Erin. So I looked EVERYWHERE. No luck. While I was at Joann's fabric feeling pretty down about this whole deal I stumbled upon this really cute paper: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ByJPjuZmTJ0/ToTGA49xQyI/AAAAAAAAAqI/nkVjgafImCQ/s1600/IMAG2068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ByJPjuZmTJ0/ToTGA49xQyI/AAAAAAAAAqI/nkVjgafImCQ/s400/IMAG2068.jpg" /></a></div> The stripes are the backside of it but I really liked the pots and pans on the other side! So again...wheels got turning and I decided I was going to make my OWN tabs for the recipe box. Then I wanted something to kinda differentiate the tabs from just a card stock piece of paper. So then I found these: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OfHfBvZnhcg/ToTGifQ5toI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/baLKGdHX-Hc/s1600/IMAG2069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OfHfBvZnhcg/ToTGifQ5toI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/baLKGdHX-Hc/s400/IMAG2069.jpg" /></a></div> They are photo corner things that you are supposed to use in scrapbooks for corners of pictures and stuff. I thought, hey, this could work. I don't know why I got fixated on this project but I wanted to surprise Erin with a fun gift to start our recipe trading. So I tried a few different ways until I finally found the right size that would fit in the box but also stick up a bit from the recipe cards. Everything sounds so simple but I always think I am going to do something in 15 minutes and it turns out to be an afternoon. So I cut part of the stripes from the back, glued to the top of the pot and pan side, wrote the description on the tab, cut the tab to stick out, added the photo corners, and then laminated to help stand out more. Result: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YqdOHSuxeKI/ToTHhgVlpVI/AAAAAAAAAqY/Z4_AmY_nn0I/s1600/IMAG2070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YqdOHSuxeKI/ToTHhgVlpVI/AAAAAAAAAqY/Z4_AmY_nn0I/s400/IMAG2070.jpg" /></a></div> I did five tabs. Starters, Entrees, Side dishes, Sweet Treats, and Family Recipes (cuz my mom is AMAZING and she needs a whole section!). I separated the new recipe cards with the tabs I made and here is what it looks like in the box: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yhag4LR1Gr8/ToTH2pgTnCI/AAAAAAAAAqg/0hDhsPDQZ6E/s1600/IMAG2075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yhag4LR1Gr8/ToTH2pgTnCI/AAAAAAAAAqg/0hDhsPDQZ6E/s400/IMAG2075.jpg" /></a></div> So I hope Erin likes it! I made two identical ones for us:) Because that's what best friends do people...they match. ;) On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-7848843176713518402011-10-01T15:12:00.000-07:002011-10-01T15:12:43.939-07:00Housewife-nessAlright, so I am sooo not a cook. I can't like decide to put things together on my own without someone or something telling me what to combine. So, cooking freelance....not so much. Following a recipe...finding out that I'm good at following directions! Thank you mom for always teaching me to follow directions:) I haven't been cooking dinners yet really, mostly because I haven't even organized our wedding gifts, but I HAVE been finding some pretty awesome dessert recipes on Pinterest! If you don't know what that is, go find out, it will take over your life facebook style. Lots of fun creative ideas to look at and try. I haven't tried anything TOO risky yet, but I have tried two of the dessert recipes. They both turned out! Like turned out well enough that I could share them with people besides my husband! SCORE! The first one I tried was the Smore's bars below. AMAZING. Super easy after doing the recipe once you pretty much know how it goes. They were a HUGE hit at Bible study and I even baked a whole other one to take to our boxing coach! (Weird taking a super rich dessert to a gym haha...but he asked so I felt I had permission!) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ME567Amxezw/ToS6AcbA2cI/AAAAAAAAAog/OkbSGahVVw8/s1600/smores-cookie-bars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ME567Amxezw/ToS6AcbA2cI/AAAAAAAAAog/OkbSGahVVw8/s400/smores-cookie-bars.jpg" /></a></div> They are way good to eat right out of the oven because they are all gooey and melty, but actually the next day they are all cooled and you can cut them into bars that stay all together and are SOOO good. And not so messy to eat the next day. Anyway, here is the website I went to for the recipe: http://http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/07/smores-bars.html And here are a couple pics I snapped while in the process of making mine. I know I know...looks easy right? Well I still feel accomplished for not having someone standing there walking me through it:) So there! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fm-Tk0hzRPQ/ToeP2qW-2cI/AAAAAAAAArI/tjh8OV5psOo/s1600/2011-09-19_21-12-41_374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="226" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fm-Tk0hzRPQ/ToeP2qW-2cI/AAAAAAAAArI/tjh8OV5psOo/s400/2011-09-19_21-12-41_374.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PojxwTuW3RI/ToeP2ber7QI/AAAAAAAAArA/1wyoODeybFg/s1600/2011-09-19_21-19-01_985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="226" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PojxwTuW3RI/ToeP2ber7QI/AAAAAAAAArA/1wyoODeybFg/s400/2011-09-19_21-19-01_985.jpg" /></a></div> Then I made these crazy sweet Oreo cupcakes... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rcF-Qv2s0aE/ToS6u-K7DPI/AAAAAAAAAoo/qZvsRvrtcWw/s1600/180091445_ERFSZA4e_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rcF-Qv2s0aE/ToS6u-K7DPI/AAAAAAAAAoo/qZvsRvrtcWw/s400/180091445_ERFSZA4e_c.jpg" /></a></div> Here is the website I stole the recipe from: http://annies-eats.net/2010/06/02/cookies-and-cream-cupcakes/ Not gonna lie, I can only eat like half of one of these. They are SO rich! BUT....hear me out. They are super fun to share because everyone loves them if they weren't the ones making them! ha:) NOOOO I don't make people desserts to make them like me .......gosh! This was a pretty ridiculous recipe of mixing things, adding half of other things, mixing more things but only partly mixing it, then adding more, then mixing all the way, etc....in other words, don't try to follow this with too much wine in you:) Super good batter too if I might add. I swear I would rather eat batter of ANYTHING than the real thing. No sign of salmonella yet! The surprise at the bottom is that you line the bottom of the cupcake liners with a half oreo, cream side up! Super fun and stays crunchy! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UT4nMuL9EE/ToS7x69rULI/AAAAAAAAAo4/m7_kPH78cfg/s1600/IMAG2035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UT4nMuL9EE/ToS7x69rULI/AAAAAAAAAo4/m7_kPH78cfg/s400/IMAG2035.jpg" /></a></div> So here is what the batter looks like all mixed <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJjuYCeSMVE/ToS7k0EiF6I/AAAAAAAAAow/UwsPulgqGc8/s1600/IMAG2036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PJjuYCeSMVE/ToS7k0EiF6I/AAAAAAAAAow/UwsPulgqGc8/s400/IMAG2036.jpg" /></a></div> And the inside obviously you can see that above in the picture from the website....these I was very proud of because I accomplished my second recipe from Pinterest as well as used a wedding gift from my sisters, Laura and Susan, for Chance to take them to work with!!! How cute am I having a cupcake carrier!??? Ha ok just kidding I'm getting too excited. Chance was so pumped to take them to his team at work and he would text me throughout the day with updates about compliments on them! I am so pathetic! I feed off of this! Please don't judge me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rkl9Bc2F2GQ/ToS8HE2k8BI/AAAAAAAAApA/qzbd0etaJeQ/s1600/IMAG2039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rkl9Bc2F2GQ/ToS8HE2k8BI/AAAAAAAAApA/qzbd0etaJeQ/s400/IMAG2039.jpg" /></a></div> One of the ladies at his work even came back for another one AND asked for the recipe!! WHAT???!!! From me!? Ya....no big deal. So here is the first ever Mrs. Haddon recipe that was shared with some lady at Chance's work:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2J-IroELmjQ/ToS8r_e7LMI/AAAAAAAAApI/yIKqE04K81U/s1600/IMAG2060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2J-IroELmjQ/ToS8r_e7LMI/AAAAAAAAApI/yIKqE04K81U/s400/IMAG2060.jpg" /></a></div> WOOT!!!! Okay so that is my cooking experience lately. Chance probably wishes I would generate some of this energy towards dinner.....oops! On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-44211636543758327062011-09-29T12:40:00.000-07:002011-09-29T12:40:08.555-07:00I tried something.......and I am not sure how I feel about it. It MIGHT be that I am so proud of it because of all the work I put into it and I am blinded by my efforts:) It's like those kids that spend the whole day on a picture or craft and then want it on display. This is my grown up version of that. I have been seeing all these fun wreaths on Pinterest and I decided that even though we just have an apartment, it would be cool if I made my own crafty wreath! I went out looking for the supplies to make a super cool Halloween wreath but it turns out that it was going to be really expensive to make! I was looking for the "make your own wreath for $5" thing. So I had already bought the base wreath that I was going to wrap with something, but as I was wandering around Target, I happened upon something and my wheels started turning. I ditched the Pinterest idea and went with my own thing...dangerous. I bought this wreath for $5 that was all branches and real "fall-ish"....so I thought maybe I could just use that as a base and hang it for all of fall and not just til Halloween. So I happened upon these: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LjPROkd2OCM/ToTADUSC1II/AAAAAAAAApQ/ny_UYazplP4/s1600/IMAG2062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="239" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LjPROkd2OCM/ToTADUSC1II/AAAAAAAAApQ/ny_UYazplP4/s400/IMAG2062.jpg" /></a></div> They are supposed to be for a vase or centerpiece (see the picture on the box?) But I got this wild idea that I could wire them to my wreath. They were $7 so I got them:) Chance sat up the other night playing video games next to me on the couch while I started in on my own little DIY project. I didn't let myself get down...and I kept telling myself it was looking good haha. So after a lot of wiring and taking out and re-wiring I ended up with this: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MkTe70peFVY/ToTAhS1SHMI/AAAAAAAAApY/AFeIEacmA5M/s1600/IMAG2064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MkTe70peFVY/ToTAhS1SHMI/AAAAAAAAApY/AFeIEacmA5M/s400/IMAG2064.jpg" /></a></div> I need help here! I kinda trusted Chance to tell me his real thoughts and he really liked it....but I mean, he knew I put a lot of work into it so I think he was sort of playing the parent here and telling me good job:) Do I need to take this off my door??? Here is a close up of the bottom. Notice how you can't see any wire! YAY! And let me tell you wiring things that aren't meant to be wired....kinda difficult. Especially when they are circular. Also these pictures make the colors look reallllly bright but they are wayy more muted and fallish. So don't think I put up super pink and purple colors on my door haha. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wIxcRxA8B1M/ToTBLqYHu6I/AAAAAAAAApg/h-JsEbBaxnU/s1600/IMAG2067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wIxcRxA8B1M/ToTBLqYHu6I/AAAAAAAAApg/h-JsEbBaxnU/s400/IMAG2067.jpg" /></a></div> So this is hanging on my door until someone tells me if I am crazy or not. Pinterest is turning me into someone scary. On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-78462184717074737562011-09-28T21:07:00.000-07:002011-09-28T21:07:46.606-07:00Yes we are that couple.......that celebrates their one month anniversary! Ok so it's not like we are going to celebrate EVERY month we are married (I mean, unless he WANTS to.....), and I wasn't even planning on celebrating ONE, but Chance surprised me! He was ALWAYS good at surprises...and I love him for that. He hasn't always been great at hiding that a surprise is coming, but I never know what it is. This time he mastered both! My stomach hurt so bad yesterday so after work I jipped boxing to lay on the couch. I told him I wouldn't be mad if he went without me, and he said he was going. I was actually kinda sad because I wanted to be coddled (lol), but I was ok as long as Harley kept me company. Harley always whines when she sees our cars pull in the parking lot and way before he should have been home Harley was whining. I was like Harleyyyyy its not daddy! I thought she was all of a sudden retarded. Boxing never gets done early! But in walked Chance all proud of himself with a big fresh fruit bouquet!!! I was so frikin happy! He is getting so good at lying! I'm so proud... :) haha. So I don't know if you all have had these fresh fruit bouquets but OMG get one. I've been telling Chance about them since we like met. They are delicious and the chocolate dipped parts are the best! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uq-qIgVIE_s/ToPuzB7YuAI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SmPGg07or78/s1600/IMAG2042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uq-qIgVIE_s/ToPuzB7YuAI/AAAAAAAAAoI/SmPGg07or78/s320/IMAG2042.jpg" /></a></div> If you can't see real well there are chocolate dipped apple slices, chocolate dipped strawberries, grapes, and pineapple. YUM. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-du88J4gnY5g/ToPuzdcsRlI/AAAAAAAAAoY/ndN6sGUri5o/s1600/IMAG2049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-du88J4gnY5g/ToPuzdcsRlI/AAAAAAAAAoY/ndN6sGUri5o/s320/IMAG2049.jpg" /></a></div> After about 10 minutes half of it was gone, so I'm glad I got a picture before we started in:) It helped my tummy too! We tried to get a picture of us as our "one month picture" but I was hurting and a mess and he was all stressed out from his little adventure, but I will post it anyway because I want to document our one month. I love this man. Chance Haddon, thank you for being the perfect man for me and knowing what makes me feel loved and special. Jesus gave me an amazing person to spend my life with. I love you. And I mean, if you WANT to make fruit bouquets an every month tradition thats totally fine....just sayin. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_2UkMIIeb0o/ToPuzHgpu7I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/S9zkreQ2U1I/s1600/IMAG2045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_2UkMIIeb0o/ToPuzHgpu7I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/S9zkreQ2U1I/s320/IMAG2045.jpg" /></a></div> On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-51282494700043837872011-09-25T16:18:00.000-07:002011-09-25T16:18:57.983-07:00PBROh....you don't know what PBR is? I'm sorry....only us country folk know I guess;)....Ok just kidding, I had no idea! Professional Bull Riding. YUP. Yeeeehawww! I was looking through some online stuff going on at our downtown arena and I found out that they were having the PBR competition here in Wichita this weekend! DATE TIME!!! We have just fallen in love with a couple from our Bible study from church. They are sooo nice but also fun and easy to talk to! Alanea and Jeff are so sweet and love the Lord and are just so encouraging to be around. You know how usually the couples who know all the verses by heart and all the right things to say are usually stuck up and no fun? They are so not that! Alanea and Jeff and so great. So since we had never spent time with them outside of church or Bible study we decided this would be a perfect time to have a "first date" with them! It was a BLAST! We went out to eat, had a few beers, buttoned up our plaid shirts and pulled on our boots and joined the other cowboys and cowgirls at the PBR event at the arena. Look how cute these two are! Oh also they are both SUPER tall and make me feel so short! We had a great time and wow what a dangerous sport! I had no idea how crazy big those bulls were going to be! How cute are they? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UEbq4ge9fWc/Tn-xmtm9icI/AAAAAAAAAmI/Cg8nxSJZWBE/s1600/IMAG2029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UEbq4ge9fWc/Tn-xmtm9icI/AAAAAAAAAmI/Cg8nxSJZWBE/s320/IMAG2029.jpg" /></a></div>Here is Alanea and me with a cowboy and one of the big horses outside the stadium. She is like a head taller than me! Talk about model body sheesh! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bz993o5pWqs/Tn-yDZC3t0I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/GatJzksKoA4/s1600/imagejpeg_2_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bz993o5pWqs/Tn-yDZC3t0I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/GatJzksKoA4/s320/imagejpeg_2_11.jpg" /></a></div>Bein country girls:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pV-MhfUT2p0/Tn-zj_axeLI/AAAAAAAAAmY/LN5yT4H9Q4E/s1600/2011-09-23_22-23-00_807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="181" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pV-MhfUT2p0/Tn-zj_axeLI/AAAAAAAAAmY/LN5yT4H9Q4E/s320/2011-09-23_22-23-00_807.jpg" /></a></div>The clowns were so entertaining and one of them in particular did a lot of funny dancing:) I tried to get some good pics of the riding, but they only stay on like 8 seconds so I wanted to watch most of the time! It was so intense! It is scary to see them fly off and then almost get trampled by those things! YIKES! Oh and there was a cowboy on a horse that would have to rope the bulls sometimes if they didn't go back into the gate properly. It was pretty neat to see the horse working sooo hard to get that bull in the right direction! Some of them were stubborn. Also they lit the letters PBR on fire at the beginning! That was pretty cool. These pictures seem to be posting pretty small. I'm still figuring out the "new" blogger:) Hopefully you can see them bigger if you click on them. Oops if not! :( <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYyInP2AO4k/Tn-0a0NhKvI/AAAAAAAAAnA/eR-mginikg8/s1600/2011-09-23_20-37-48_811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYyInP2AO4k/Tn-0a0NhKvI/AAAAAAAAAnA/eR-mginikg8/s320/2011-09-23_20-37-48_811.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m_8bX_29bmY/Tn-0aShho4I/AAAAAAAAAmg/lZfas1gT9rY/s1600/2011-09-23_21-54-54_273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="181" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m_8bX_29bmY/Tn-0aShho4I/AAAAAAAAAmg/lZfas1gT9rY/s320/2011-09-23_21-54-54_273.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wm2uqX0hzWc/Tn-0abl-ALI/AAAAAAAAAmo/6hEW6AumquM/s1600/2011-09-23_21-43-38_710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="181" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wm2uqX0hzWc/Tn-0abl-ALI/AAAAAAAAAmo/6hEW6AumquM/s320/2011-09-23_21-43-38_710.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y5Q_LfH9WBQ/Tn-0aoL_BSI/AAAAAAAAAmw/qBTP_gTloc0/s1600/2011-09-23_21-18-43_815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y5Q_LfH9WBQ/Tn-0aoL_BSI/AAAAAAAAAmw/qBTP_gTloc0/s320/2011-09-23_21-18-43_815.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sJVbnfdBMw8/Tn-0a-3nDSI/AAAAAAAAAm4/yKVItxCAgZM/s1600/2011-09-23_21-18-33_512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sJVbnfdBMw8/Tn-0a-3nDSI/AAAAAAAAAm4/yKVItxCAgZM/s320/2011-09-23_21-18-33_512.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RiBOiLvT1ws/Tn-1HUNaq5I/AAAAAAAAAnY/CRtvlVMUcIY/s1600/2011-09-23_20-36-51_739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RiBOiLvT1ws/Tn-1HUNaq5I/AAAAAAAAAnY/CRtvlVMUcIY/s320/2011-09-23_20-36-51_739.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPpyPZ-RFhs/Tn-1HXYkchI/AAAAAAAAAng/skOBd3e4kKA/s1600/2011-09-23_20-35-32_533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPpyPZ-RFhs/Tn-1HXYkchI/AAAAAAAAAng/skOBd3e4kKA/s320/2011-09-23_20-35-32_533.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Kz2APhwOzs/Tn-1sMASRaI/AAAAAAAAAoA/6z4UnFMXyys/s1600/2011-09-23_20-07-52_709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="181" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Kz2APhwOzs/Tn-1sMASRaI/AAAAAAAAAoA/6z4UnFMXyys/s320/2011-09-23_20-07-52_709.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QL9cB2Vphtk/Tn-1sKiMfLI/AAAAAAAAAn4/7mt3kDI15QQ/s1600/2011-09-23_20-20-09_198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="181" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QL9cB2Vphtk/Tn-1sKiMfLI/AAAAAAAAAn4/7mt3kDI15QQ/s320/2011-09-23_20-20-09_198.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R83Setz5vxo/Tn-1r3TJ_cI/AAAAAAAAAnw/Zw9mLFHlrxg/s1600/2011-09-23_20-21-36_651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="181" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R83Setz5vxo/Tn-1r3TJ_cI/AAAAAAAAAnw/Zw9mLFHlrxg/s320/2011-09-23_20-21-36_651.jpg" /></a></div> We had a good ole fashioned country night and had an amazing time with friends. I wore plaid (only plaid shirt I own haha) and some boots for the occasion and drank a few beers too....good double date night! On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-87917642608366972852011-09-25T15:48:00.000-07:002011-09-25T15:48:31.518-07:00Bachelorette Party!Soooo I kinda threw my own Bachelorette party because well....I love planning parties and Erin said I could just plan it and then put her name on the invite:) So don't judge me for planning my own stinkin party. I promise it's what I love! Anyway, I don't have like ANY pictures of me and the girls! I know a couple girls took pics of us so I will try to get some to add but UGH we were all drinking so early on that pictures were really the last thing on our minds:) Here are a few snapshots I took before everyone came, it was so fun! There was about a dozen girls there and we ate snack foods and my mom's amazing guacamole while we drank some fun drinks and then did ENTIRELY too many jello shots ( I think I made too many!) as each guest arrived through the door and randomly throughout the party as well. It was a hoot! So we did gifts and then went downtown for more merriment and guess who took us? Chance and a couple of the other girls' boyfriends haha. I didn't ride with Chance because I told him he couldn't talk to me on my bachelorette party because he got a whole weekend for his! So we bar hopped and then all ended the night at the apartment. Good times! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOyASPxSXc4/Tn-vEABsoKI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Yhi2oWOuK14/s1600/IMAG1933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOyASPxSXc4/Tn-vEABsoKI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Yhi2oWOuK14/s320/IMAG1933.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjlICU73sqo/Tn-vDLLzD8I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/e4dJw0athSA/s1600/IMAG1927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjlICU73sqo/Tn-vDLLzD8I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/e4dJw0athSA/s320/IMAG1927.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JGwrAAoRaM8/Tn-vDSMq7oI/AAAAAAAAAlY/ZP5DpIpjwOM/s1600/IMAG1929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JGwrAAoRaM8/Tn-vDSMq7oI/AAAAAAAAAlY/ZP5DpIpjwOM/s320/IMAG1929.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gtYPFufvuJU/Tn-vDuPoHPI/AAAAAAAAAlg/eF6SSgddF0o/s1600/IMAG1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gtYPFufvuJU/Tn-vDuPoHPI/AAAAAAAAAlg/eF6SSgddF0o/s320/IMAG1930.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFw00WCnnDg/Tn-vDkippvI/AAAAAAAAAlo/8G4iOcgzcos/s1600/IMAG1931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFw00WCnnDg/Tn-vDkippvI/AAAAAAAAAlo/8G4iOcgzcos/s320/IMAG1931.jpg" /></a></div> Oh yeah! I also picked out the invites and wrote a little rhyme on them .... I feel like I am giving myself a lot of credit for these small decisions haha...but I had so much fun picking my own stuff! Should I be admitting this? Here's the invite...I hope you can read it on this pic....it was just off my phone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bTbdMG_ekDg/Tn-vfXDfG9I/AAAAAAAAAmA/Y498KEw2yew/s1600/IMAG1863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bTbdMG_ekDg/Tn-vfXDfG9I/AAAAAAAAAmA/Y498KEw2yew/s320/IMAG1863.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFCrxy03qvU/Tn-vfLwni8I/AAAAAAAAAl4/AXjuHaeECvU/s1600/IMAG1861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFCrxy03qvU/Tn-vfLwni8I/AAAAAAAAAl4/AXjuHaeECvU/s320/IMAG1861.jpg" /></a></div> So the party was a blast and it was so nice to spend some quality time with the girls! I think that's all I have left from before the wedding.....gonna try to keep up on this now! Gotta be that good housewife type;) On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-38426934071562874872011-09-25T15:35:00.000-07:002011-09-25T19:57:23.078-07:00Project wedding: Catch upSo obviously the wedding date has passed....but here is a quick wrap up of the projects we did that I didn't have time to get blogs up for.... We got invites addressed, labeled, licked, stamped, and shipped! I was so excited! It's like Christmas every day when you get RSVPs! No one told me how fun that would be! Instead of writing out all the addresses, my dad helped us set up the computer to print the labels directly on to the envelope! But of course nothing is easy with Dick Daeschner and computers. So that took a little experimenting and then we finally got it set! 180 some invites later.....we were done! Here is Chance praying over the printer because it was not placing them right and ink was everywhere....and then finally it worked! YAY! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-bAMM6dPWQ/Tn-l6JmQ5JI/AAAAAAAAAjA/8oVVEehCdeg/s1600/IMAG1838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X-bAMM6dPWQ/Tn-l6JmQ5JI/AAAAAAAAAjA/8oVVEehCdeg/s320/IMAG1838.jpg" /></a></div> Here is our system of letting the ink dry and getting them organized. It was a long day for sure...we also did the rehearsal dinner invites! DONE AND DONE! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17sBD3JJu_g/Tn-md358taI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/UF3sCwMRDww/s1600/IMAG1841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17sBD3JJu_g/Tn-md358taI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/UF3sCwMRDww/s320/IMAG1841.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWeoX-oouos/Tn-md5FApWI/AAAAAAAAAjY/18sSuEx8aic/s1600/IMAG1843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWeoX-oouos/Tn-md5FApWI/AAAAAAAAAjY/18sSuEx8aic/s320/IMAG1843.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uifgzBYDmIw/Tn-mdugcdNI/AAAAAAAAAjI/vqbnduxyLzc/s1600/IMAG1839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uifgzBYDmIw/Tn-mdugcdNI/AAAAAAAAAjI/vqbnduxyLzc/s320/IMAG1839.jpg" /></a></div> Then mom had an AMAZING dinner for us waiting right as soon as we were done with the printing process. Steak, baked potato, salad, fruit, and a few beers to ease the tense wedding stress:) THANKS MOM!!! SO YUMMY! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mqbtixLFxDI/Tn-myTpgwlI/AAAAAAAAAjg/0KveYt1fGlE/s1600/IMAG1842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mqbtixLFxDI/Tn-myTpgwlI/AAAAAAAAAjg/0KveYt1fGlE/s320/IMAG1842.jpg" /></a></div> Chance and I had a movie afternoon while I placed all the stamps, because of course I wanted them all placed perfectly like my dad always taught me and Chance was not wanting to take the risk of messing that system up. So he took on using the sticky roller to seal all the stamps. Way better than licking them all! It was super fun and went fast with two of us! Half way through our movie we were done!! And here is our latest assortment of Donut Whole donuts. This picture is for you Susan and Laura! There is rocky road, chocolate sandcastle, vanilla applesauce, chocolate mint, rice krispies, and maple. Of course Chance chose the risky sounding ones:) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dM6B8jI8nC0/Tn-nFM1_wRI/AAAAAAAAAjo/gI7FAUXSS6s/s1600/IMAG1851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dM6B8jI8nC0/Tn-nFM1_wRI/AAAAAAAAAjo/gI7FAUXSS6s/s320/IMAG1851.jpg" /></a></div> Ok here is a quick pic of my skills of matching our yard signs for the rehearsal dinner bbq to the font on the invites for it. Maybe I'm going overboard:) And then a pic of the day I got my practice hair done. Obviously my hair was texas big and more curls on the day, but just for documenting sake! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzyC8NNUGes/Tn-n8EMu48I/AAAAAAAAAj4/uVmpJX2Rkvc/s1600/IMAG1924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zzyC8NNUGes/Tn-n8EMu48I/AAAAAAAAAj4/uVmpJX2Rkvc/s320/IMAG1924.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8G_ZDCbqjU/Tn-n8Dz5XeI/AAAAAAAAAjw/EmqRyaxpQ2Y/s1600/IMAG1904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G8G_ZDCbqjU/Tn-n8Dz5XeI/AAAAAAAAAjw/EmqRyaxpQ2Y/s320/IMAG1904.jpg" /></a></div> And almost lastly on the pre-wedding catch up is the project I have been planning on since I got engaged haha. Remember the old post with the cupcake holder idea? I got a bunch of frames from Goodwill, spray painted them, cleaned the glass, bought fabric to put behind the glass, and got epoxy glue to hold the frames to a random assortment of candleholders. I was really hoping it wouldn't be TOO hard of a project but turns out it was a little:) It was really fun and super exciting to see my ideas come to life. My college roommate, Amanda, and my sis Susan helped with the project too! I was SO glad I had them around during this!! Matt (bro in law) even did all the gluing! I was so thankful! It turned out perfect for my cupcake display! Obviously these pictures suck, but when I get the professional ones back, I'll post them. You can kinda see the before and after in these pictures.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ORkGKeCryGY/Tn-qdNV48eI/AAAAAAAAAkw/fpM3XxFszT0/s1600/IMAG1953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ORkGKeCryGY/Tn-qdNV48eI/AAAAAAAAAkw/fpM3XxFszT0/s320/IMAG1953.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w80d3IoznS4/Tn-qcsKiSXI/AAAAAAAAAko/8SiIEMBfrhY/s1600/IMAG1955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w80d3IoznS4/Tn-qcsKiSXI/AAAAAAAAAko/8SiIEMBfrhY/s320/IMAG1955.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0HXsNOV8zIQ/Tn-qBp9GNzI/AAAAAAAAAkg/FXFG8lGrgak/s1600/IMAG1961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0HXsNOV8zIQ/Tn-qBp9GNzI/AAAAAAAAAkg/FXFG8lGrgak/s320/IMAG1961.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6yv0DZSKZE/Tn-qBMuc0CI/AAAAAAAAAkA/t1G_Azvz4iI/s1600/IMAG1968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O6yv0DZSKZE/Tn-qBMuc0CI/AAAAAAAAAkA/t1G_Azvz4iI/s320/IMAG1968.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TGW24kbUvq0/Tn-qBJzIU_I/AAAAAAAAAkI/Cgt7BiQgi7Y/s1600/IMAG1966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TGW24kbUvq0/Tn-qBJzIU_I/AAAAAAAAAkI/Cgt7BiQgi7Y/s320/IMAG1966.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BDPYeOGL8Rw/Tn-qBZxBaAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Tc7vwDZ938o/s1600/IMAG1965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BDPYeOGL8Rw/Tn-qBZxBaAI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Tc7vwDZ938o/s320/IMAG1965.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZficFSDWMrc/Tn-qBtJF1oI/AAAAAAAAAkY/ch2zWtvzyCc/s1600/IMAG1963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZficFSDWMrc/Tn-qBtJF1oI/AAAAAAAAAkY/ch2zWtvzyCc/s320/IMAG1963.jpg" /></a></div> Remember the other older project wedding post about the S'mores kits? Well I actually accomplished this for my wedding favors! It took a lot of bagging and cutting and patience, along with telling Chance how he was folding the boxes wrong....but we did it! Here is the end product: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNfyzUogPUw/Tn-rVkQJxRI/AAAAAAAAAlI/Plmut59kZ58/s1600/IMAG1938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNfyzUogPUw/Tn-rVkQJxRI/AAAAAAAAAlI/Plmut59kZ58/s320/IMAG1938.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkaAzhowvyk/Tn-rVKDpxsI/AAAAAAAAAk4/YBnKoQH03s8/s1600/IMAG1939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="191" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mkaAzhowvyk/Tn-rVKDpxsI/AAAAAAAAAk4/YBnKoQH03s8/s320/IMAG1939.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hOauY-t1dSk/Tn-rVR-kHPI/AAAAAAAAAlA/WwWb6PrmQTM/s1600/IMAG1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="191" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hOauY-t1dSk/Tn-rVR-kHPI/AAAAAAAAAlA/WwWb6PrmQTM/s320/IMAG1941.jpg" /></a></div> Well I think that's about all I can find on my phone pictures to catch the blog up with. The wedding went amazing and I can't wait to see pictures! I'll definitely post when they come in...obvious:) I definitely couldn't have done ANY of it without my family, friends, and my NEW family! There was just too much craziness going on for me to get pictures of the rehearsal dinner, but I think my sisters have a few so I will see if I can get those. Now on to married life! On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-60786203325151401372011-07-01T14:20:00.000-07:002011-07-01T19:34:01.999-07:00Does this mean I can't change my mind???So my dad always told me that I can change my mind right up to even when I am walking down the aisle. He said I can say no ANYTIME but after the "I dos". But invites just seem so formal. So .... legit. I have LOVED designing my wedding invites and my rehearsal dinner invites and I am excited that it is really time to send them out!!! It is just scary thinking about them all going out. It makes it feel real to me. Like....all these people are going to show up that day. And....expect me to get married and stuff! AH! It seems so easy to GET invites. But sending them out? Kinda freaks me out a bit. I haven't stressed much over this wedding. I love planning. But this just gets me a littttttle tiny bit stressed. Like all of the things happening on that day are dependent on me! YIKES! The great thing is that I L O V E Chance Haddon. And I am going to marry him on August 27th, 2011 at 6 pm. So at least I am not freaked out that I have the wrong groom! :) <br />Here is me excited when our wedding invites came in after much designing and tweeking:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YM4tQD8s6oI/Tg6DAeKjj8I/AAAAAAAAAi4/gX5yqTA9K00/s1600/IMAG1749.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YM4tQD8s6oI/Tg6DAeKjj8I/AAAAAAAAAi4/gX5yqTA9K00/s320/IMAG1749.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624577028752904130" /></a><br />And here are a couple pictures of our rehearsal dinner invites! I love them!<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WX73iYfkJIQ/Tg48SN_EATI/AAAAAAAAAiw/RfZvP-fl76I/s1600/IMAG1825.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WX73iYfkJIQ/Tg48SN_EATI/AAAAAAAAAiw/RfZvP-fl76I/s320/IMAG1825.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624499268321804594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6o6tSzm6Qg/Tg48RVtW9jI/AAAAAAAAAio/d4_jrZ3gpac/s1600/IMAG1824.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6o6tSzm6Qg/Tg48RVtW9jI/AAAAAAAAAio/d4_jrZ3gpac/s320/IMAG1824.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624499253215163954" /></a><br /><br />Oh ya, and we applied for our passports the other day! I kind of embarrassed Chance because I made him take a picture while he was getting all his information approved haha! Welcome to life with Katie:) So I'm SOOO excited about our honeymoon! Let's pray that 1. We get our passports in time and 2. We get our birth certificates back in the mail in time to apply for our marriage license. That's not THAT big of a deal......right????? ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8MRIEar65QQ/Tg471IroDjI/AAAAAAAAAig/0Ibn5uFA9uQ/s1600/IMAG1800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8MRIEar65QQ/Tg471IroDjI/AAAAAAAAAig/0Ibn5uFA9uQ/s320/IMAG1800.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624498768681897522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9d4Uhb_Vye0/Tg470_qsGKI/AAAAAAAAAiY/kQLQCvglZDY/s1600/IMAG1799.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9d4Uhb_Vye0/Tg470_qsGKI/AAAAAAAAAiY/kQLQCvglZDY/s320/IMAG1799.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624498766262048930" /></a><br /><br />This is kind of a short post and isn't too crazy important, but I wanted to throw these little random things in there to remember along the way....I love all this wedding stuff! Details details!!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-72739275975806675082011-07-01T09:48:00.000-07:002011-07-01T14:15:26.646-07:00Go ahead and TRYOk so before I give you the story on the wedding....look at my ugly dog. UGH! Harley has always been the cutest little puppy you ever saw. I cuddle with her and love her and play with her and treat her like a child. I hate getting her trimmed because I love her fluffiness! So usually I don't love her for like a week after I get her trimmed....Chance says I don't have unconditional love or something like that;) ANYWAY...it's summer now and Harley gets so hot with all her fluff, and with long hair she gets matted really easily if she isn't brushed constantly, which of course I don't brush her every day....so she got so matted up that I told the groomer to just shave her! I AM CRAZY! The poor thing looks like a mix between a rat and a small greyhound. I am REALLY hoping she grows her hair out soon because I can't even snuggle with her! So I debated even putting these up, because I hate her right now, but I need to document it so Chance will know I still love her. <br />After a few months of having Harley:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nWSN3Ix6yh4/Tg43VeNYb8I/AAAAAAAAAhY/x2fHADmMEjk/s1600/IMAG0647.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nWSN3Ix6yh4/Tg43VeNYb8I/AAAAAAAAAhY/x2fHADmMEjk/s320/IMAG0647.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624493826658299842" /></a><br />And even fluffier:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STnXIumx2XU/Tg43Vd44lEI/AAAAAAAAAhg/6g2M5vDSa8I/s1600/IMAG1760.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STnXIumx2XU/Tg43Vd44lEI/AAAAAAAAAhg/6g2M5vDSa8I/s320/IMAG1760.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624493826572325954" /></a><br />And now here is Harley......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k1h4k9KqrI/Tg43VzPd3AI/AAAAAAAAAho/LjEhBV6H6yE/s1600/IMAG1803.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8k1h4k9KqrI/Tg43VzPd3AI/AAAAAAAAAho/LjEhBV6H6yE/s320/IMAG1803.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624493832304188418" /></a><br />poor girl....<br /><br />Ok so that was that. You won't believe what happened with a wedding package! The shortest I can make it is that you all know I have bought pretty much everything for my wedding on Etsy. So we are doing a lot of online buying and shipping. We always ship it to my house, just because it is easier than getting it at Chance's apartment. Well we use PayPal on Etsy, but get this....Chance's old address (in Salina, KS...where he attended college) is always marked as the default address. Why we haven't changed that yet...I don't know. Well I always just change it to ship to my house, but we had been doing a lot of buying online pretty late at night...and we somehow didn't change the address of shipping when we bought our garlands. Ya.<br /><br />I got these gorgeous garlands designed by an Etsy lady who let me pick all the colors and patterns and then she cut paper circles and sewed them all together to decorate my reception with. She sent me a tracking number on the package and yesterday I was sitting at work and thought, oh..I'll check on my garlands. Yup...they had been delivered the day BEFORE to Salina, KS. Drat. I called the apartment office that he used to live at and the lady was soooo not helpful and told me I should just contact the postal service. I'm like...ya...cuz that's gonna get me my garlands soon. I asked VERY nicely if she could contact the residents of his old apartment and just see if they had received it or thrown it out or what. She said uh yaaaa sure. And then tried to get off the phone. I said, Ummm would you like my contact information to get back to me on that? Oh ya...sure. SOOOO Katie got a little angry and realized it was time to solve this little mystery myself. <br /><br />Chance got off work and I said, go change...we are driving to Salina. I explained what happened and we jumped in the car and drove 1.5 hours to Salina KS. Which was weird because neither of us have been back to Salina since he lived there a year ago. We got to the apartment and I went to his old door and knocked. A young single mom about my age answered the door barely through the crack and I explained to her what happened. She told me she HAD gotten a weird package yesterday and she still had it in her mailbox! AHHHHH! I was screaming inside. She nicely walked me to the mailboxes and we got the package! GOOD AS NEW! I thanked her A LOT and told her I was sooo thankful she hadn't thrown it out. All my garlands were safe and sound. Here are a couple pics of our confused slash so happy to have the package at his old apartments. And of course a kiss for happiness!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t2eWbi8yXNo/Tg44UkRrY4I/AAAAAAAAAiI/hLTkwfDjnd4/s1600/IMAG1821.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t2eWbi8yXNo/Tg44UkRrY4I/AAAAAAAAAiI/hLTkwfDjnd4/s320/IMAG1821.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624494910618690434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rJZG3vqtA1A/Tg44UXGAeXI/AAAAAAAAAiA/taiiBZh93hA/s1600/IMAG1820.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rJZG3vqtA1A/Tg44UXGAeXI/AAAAAAAAAiA/taiiBZh93hA/s320/IMAG1820.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624494907080079730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mEzTR88_oiI/Tg44UMTThaI/AAAAAAAAAh4/08UBr7vgcmQ/s1600/IMAG1819.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mEzTR88_oiI/Tg44UMTThaI/AAAAAAAAAh4/08UBr7vgcmQ/s320/IMAG1819.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624494904183063970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SegI16tk2gg/Tg44T_fhH_I/AAAAAAAAAhw/_rRE7BUKjyQ/s1600/IMAG1818.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SegI16tk2gg/Tg44T_fhH_I/AAAAAAAAAhw/_rRE7BUKjyQ/s320/IMAG1818.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624494900744626162" /></a><br /><br />So that was yesterday. We went to Red Lobster to celebrate...because well...if you're in Salina....that's the fancy place to go;) I gave him a straw ring and asked him to still marry me in Red Lobster. He said "Are you really doing this in Red Lobster?" I was like "What....isn't this the fancy place you go to get engaged???"<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J6HXq6MWTgE/Tg44lV1x9WI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/JVO4KzhT_Ic/s1600/IMAG1823.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J6HXq6MWTgE/Tg44lV1x9WI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/JVO4KzhT_Ic/s320/IMAG1823.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624495198801360226" /></a><br />We had a good time...since no one had to get confronted by me and we got our package. All ended well. I told Chance NO ONE can mess with my wedding. Just TRY and ship my stuff to other places. Next challenge please!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-68445716198124707822011-06-23T09:00:00.000-07:002011-06-23T22:13:55.195-07:00I will have my cake and eat it too!So I got all these awesome shower gifts at my bridal shower two weeks ago. My sisters flew in to help and oh man was it amazing. All of Chances family came too! I love family. I never grew up with family close to Wichita. Everyone was spread out, and by the time I was 5, my sister was going to college....so we have always been separated by states and states! But getting grown up and spending time with my parents and with Chance's family has really taught me how important family is and how special it can be. It has pushed me to spend more time with my mom and dad and realize how amazing they are and how much I still need to learn from them. I am blessed to at least have my mom and dad in town! And Chance's family is within the state! So I am excited to get married, and get traveling! I want to see my sisters and their families WAY more. Like WAYYY more. I love my nieces and nephews sooo much and I am going to see them grow up dangit! Anyway, I didnt take any pictures of the shower because, well...I was busy smiling and trying not to look fat in other peoples pictures. HA! But my sisters took pictures so I will have to get those from them.<br /><br />ANYWAY....My two sisters gave me a sweet themed gift for my shower. If you know me, you know I love themes. And putting thought into gifts. I mean, how fun! So they got me a couple cake pans off my registry, fun spatulas, my cupcake carrier, icing and cake of course....and I also got a beautiful cake displayer. That is SO not what it's called. Cake display? Cake holder? Glass cake display? Dangit. SO not a housewife yet. And I also got some fun decorating tools. So last night Chance and I realized we hadn't used any of our gifts! So Chance started finding random excuses to use things. We needed coffee so we could use our new mugs, then wine to use our electric opener, then I decided it would be fun to use all my dessert stuff to make a layer cake:) <br /><br />So here are the goods:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-omhLaHAIH3I/TgQaQHOTm7I/AAAAAAAAAf4/eIuoIr61I70/s1600/IMAG1761.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-omhLaHAIH3I/TgQaQHOTm7I/AAAAAAAAAf4/eIuoIr61I70/s320/IMAG1761.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621647098984504242" /></a><br />My favorite part of cooking, which I thought I would grow out of, and have not....is the eating uncooked batter. Man I am immature. But I would rather have a spoonful of batter than the cake itself. Thought that was a "kid" thing. Turns out I'm still a kid or it is also an adult thing. The jury is still out. So here is me eating the rest of what's in the bowl. Totally on my wedding diet by the way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VXGPA56IY-M/TgQaeo3tX4I/AAAAAAAAAgA/AUupJ5IhYEk/s1600/IMAG1765.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VXGPA56IY-M/TgQaeo3tX4I/AAAAAAAAAgA/AUupJ5IhYEk/s320/IMAG1765.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621647348534697858" /></a><br />And Chance and me taking our first "We opened shower gifts and used them!" picture together. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKPiFUexxLQ/TgQatE86CsI/AAAAAAAAAgI/B5tFED9UQ0M/s1600/IMAG1769.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKPiFUexxLQ/TgQatE86CsI/AAAAAAAAAgI/B5tFED9UQ0M/s320/IMAG1769.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621647596590860994" /></a><br />So I used the two cake pans to make a double layer cake. I went all fancy and used normal yellow cake mix and frosting from the store. I am soooooo desperate housewives;) Here is the order of events. Started with one layer, notice my cake display....then added frosting and strawberries to the middle, then doubled the cake, then frosted again, then sprinkles. DUH...of course sprinkles. Then cut, add more strawberries, and eat! Well Chance ate, I mostly sat and gave Harley some of my piece...Harley may or may not get fat before my wedding. I usually give her a lot of what I am eating so I don't eat it. That might explain her weight gain....I don't know for sure. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kn9G4p7yTdM/TgQa-Km-cUI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/I05UUKRGaRM/s1600/IMAG1770.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kn9G4p7yTdM/TgQa-Km-cUI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/I05UUKRGaRM/s320/IMAG1770.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621647890167263554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x0XtI0AdI5g/TgQbSJqkgVI/AAAAAAAAAgY/iRoJWGC_nLo/s1600/IMAG1773.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x0XtI0AdI5g/TgQbSJqkgVI/AAAAAAAAAgY/iRoJWGC_nLo/s320/IMAG1773.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621648233511289170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hpDQDUFyXLA/TgQbgp6FiKI/AAAAAAAAAgg/RiCj3Y4ERMI/s1600/IMAG1774.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hpDQDUFyXLA/TgQbgp6FiKI/AAAAAAAAAgg/RiCj3Y4ERMI/s320/IMAG1774.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621648482684471458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hQpjHxVMexU/TgQcbbRKoVI/AAAAAAAAAg4/1ZPAYQI7BcI/s1600/IMAG1779.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hQpjHxVMexU/TgQcbbRKoVI/AAAAAAAAAg4/1ZPAYQI7BcI/s320/IMAG1779.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649492367024466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vQHLgUhtM8/TgQcbDdTuoI/AAAAAAAAAgw/nYA9xe0OMG8/s1600/IMAG1778.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vQHLgUhtM8/TgQcbDdTuoI/AAAAAAAAAgw/nYA9xe0OMG8/s320/IMAG1778.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649485975501442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g4WD4mdHFgw/TgQcbIbJY8I/AAAAAAAAAgo/A67Ay_YuCaE/s1600/IMAG1775.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g4WD4mdHFgw/TgQcbIbJY8I/AAAAAAAAAgo/A67Ay_YuCaE/s320/IMAG1775.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649487308612546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6UKsfhsAFtI/TgQcb2mEOXI/AAAAAAAAAhA/xNKeO6vL5Rs/s1600/IMAG1780.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6UKsfhsAFtI/TgQcb2mEOXI/AAAAAAAAAhA/xNKeO6vL5Rs/s320/IMAG1780.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649499702442354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d8qLyif0NKc/TgQc3cfgheI/AAAAAAAAAhI/u1Hm2VTqRY4/s1600/IMAG1783.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d8qLyif0NKc/TgQc3cfgheI/AAAAAAAAAhI/u1Hm2VTqRY4/s320/IMAG1783.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649973731952098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LQXolhikFN4/TgQc3qSl1pI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Q3mzxw1nB3I/s1600/IMAG1790.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LQXolhikFN4/TgQc3qSl1pI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/Q3mzxw1nB3I/s320/IMAG1790.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621649977435870866" /></a><br />So yes I just blogged about a cake baking experience. I think this is what you're supposed to blog about before kids, right? ;) My sisters are going to laugh because they are such great moms and make like 7 layer rainbow cakes for their kids and I used um....Betty crocker and some strawberries for mine! I'm working on it girls! I'm taking baby steps! So shower gifts are being used....and I'm on the verge of freaking out because I have 8 weeks left! I should PROBABLY send out invites instead of make cakes tonight.On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-88078197217143745012011-06-16T10:25:00.001-07:002011-06-16T11:26:35.026-07:00YIKES!Ok so I promised myself I would keep up on this!Dangit! Last post was V-day??? Sorry about myself! I would like to please play my "bride" card and say that I have been busy working and neglected the blog. Please excuse my laziness. So my wedding has changed QUITE a bit. Here is the fastest way I know to do updates:<br /><br />1. I found my dress!!! I won't bore you with the ENTIRE story, but basically it was straight from Jesus. I had a BAAD experience at another dress shop and I was just beginning to think that I was NOT going to find a dress. I am just not a white fancy dress kinda girl in the first place. But I was 4 months away from my wedding, and after my bad experience of hating myself, I was 3 months out and not setting FOOT in another place. Well I happen to see that a cute little boutique downtown was having a trunk sale and I had heard good things about the place. I didn't want to go without my mom, but I went in just to look around and see what was going on. I started seeing some AMAZING dresses. So I called mom up and said get down here I am going to find my dress today! After a quick change into 3 or 4 different gowns that I was DYING over...I was feeling great. The girl said, well since you like these others so much, can I just put this one back? It's our last one and a size too small. It was apparently a discontinued dress and I couldn't order a different size even if I loved it. I had pulled it myself and I was so drawn to it, I stupidly asked her if I could just slip it on and get it out of my head and move on to my other choices. She said that was fine and oh my....I put it on and fell in deep love for it. It was a little snug, but after the owner saw me wanting it so bad, she said she may be able to add a little of the length to give me a little room on the rest of the dress, but she informed me that I could NOT gain weight. Or get taller. DONE. I wish I could post the dress SOO bad. It is magical. It is comfortable and I feel like it fits my personality. I thought girls who teared up when they saw a good dress were silly, but I was feeling that feeling. Then I saw a sash in the color of the dress and LOVED that too! She showed me in a magazine the sash in a different color and she said after talking with me she thinks my personality could handle a bold statement....well I was hesitant, but seeing the sash on just did me in. So I bought the dress and the sash, last one, so no one else can even order it! HA! LOVE IT! Of course I can't post it....but here is the sash that goes around my waist. Chance has seen the sash so it's safe to post this part:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LRQZFk1GKhk/TfpKYF8XyVI/AAAAAAAAAfw/llMP2ahhMKo/s1600/sash.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LRQZFk1GKhk/TfpKYF8XyVI/AAAAAAAAAfw/llMP2ahhMKo/s320/sash.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618885262870825298" /></a><br /><br />2. So after finding my dress and this sash....I completely re-vamped my colors and theme! I was going for more of a chic-fun-cutesy-vintage wedding, but after finding my amazing dress, I decided that my theme was too casual and cutesy for my dress. My dress is very different from what you normally see, and it's more shabby-chic classy than cutesy like I imagined. Funny how a dress can warp your brain. SO I don't know how well you can see the sash in the picture, but it is a mixture of grays, browns, creams, and a little black. So without going too dark for an August wedding, I warped all my colors to match this sash! I was hesitant at first, but omg this sash just makes me feel like the dress is "me". And everyone who sees it on is like "yup, that's Katie". HA! Not sure if that's a good thing;) <br />3. So I've ditched the skirt idea for the bridesmaids, I couldn't find anything that was flattering on everyone that didn't look like a secretary, so I went with this dress:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mHo3fr19jh8/Tfo-pkvp25I/AAAAAAAAAeI/iuGbPhApL7s/s1600/262876_8829_pdlg485x503.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mHo3fr19jh8/Tfo-pkvp25I/AAAAAAAAAeI/iuGbPhApL7s/s320/262876_8829_pdlg485x503.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618872369057225618" /></a><br /><br /><br />It's from Ann Taylor loft and was only 80$!!! PLUS they were having a 30% off sale for awhile on it so a lot of my girls got it for around 50$! YAY! It realllllly matches my dress well and pulls everything together.<br /><br />4. I ditched also my felt bouquets. They will be missed....insert moment of silence....but they were just not the look I was going for anymore. So here are my new bouquets. And yes, these are my ACTUAL bouquets!!!! I found a lady (on etsy...duh) who makes bouquets out of fabric! SOOO much classier for my wedding than the felt. And the look is so vintage and classy. I am in love. This lady is amazing. I sent her my dress, sash, and bridesmaids dresses and explained kinda the colors I was wanting and how I wanted my bouquet to look different and the girl's bouquets to be bold and different as well. And oh my did she accomplish exactly what I was looking for! She was so helpful. She sent me fabric samples and bloom samples and really made it easy to design exactly what I wanted! She would send pictures along the way and ask questions about what fabric to put where and what colors and so many options! These pics are not "officially" done, because I don't have them in my possession yet, so they dont all have handles wrapped yet or some other minor touches, but you get the idea:)<br />This is my bouquet:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vv10HyjeJd0/TfpAJLJT89I/AAAAAAAAAeY/_K5nogRJVV4/s1600/image2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vv10HyjeJd0/TfpAJLJT89I/AAAAAAAAAeY/_K5nogRJVV4/s320/image2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618874011452961746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LykkndpPhQ/TfpAI7BkIpI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/qWZQtaDel6c/s1600/image.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LykkndpPhQ/TfpAI7BkIpI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/qWZQtaDel6c/s320/image.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618874007125500562" /></a><br /><br />Here are the bridesmaids bouquets:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQa5QJet6tg/TfpAgrnerUI/AAAAAAAAAeo/YtmWwfAoht4/s1600/image4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IQa5QJet6tg/TfpAgrnerUI/AAAAAAAAAeo/YtmWwfAoht4/s320/image4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618874415306419522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxXOKXdL6Rc/TfpAgdgPQfI/AAAAAAAAAeg/pP9HFXBtXJ0/s1600/image3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lxXOKXdL6Rc/TfpAgdgPQfI/AAAAAAAAAeg/pP9HFXBtXJ0/s320/image3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618874411517952498" /></a><br /><br />The sweet little flower girl bouquets! These are for you girls Ellie, Jane, and Claire!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v9E_O5S1kI0/TfpAxOqpd_I/AAAAAAAAAew/dlSe1IklaBY/s1600/image5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v9E_O5S1kI0/TfpAxOqpd_I/AAAAAAAAAew/dlSe1IklaBY/s320/image5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618874699592857586" /></a><br /><br />The bouts and corsages, but again, not perfectly finished yet...but you get the idea:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eYGYMxtMu10/TfpBH_F97fI/AAAAAAAAAfA/RIYIrjeEthw/s1600/image7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eYGYMxtMu10/TfpBH_F97fI/AAAAAAAAAfA/RIYIrjeEthw/s320/image7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618875090549468658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8CHUSfocPCE/TfpBHhxHxGI/AAAAAAAAAe4/D3gBKxyYM8o/s1600/image6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8CHUSfocPCE/TfpBHhxHxGI/AAAAAAAAAe4/D3gBKxyYM8o/s320/image6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618875082677404770" /></a><br /><br />So I am just in LOVE with her work. She also made me a small "toss bouquet" so I dont have to give away my big one:)<br />5. Let's see, what other changes....Not many to the decorations, because well, I am keeping it pretty simple, and although my colors were yellow, gray, and white....I mostly just did away with all the yellow and white and subbed cream and brown, with a touch of black here and there. I am having a lady make some garland (like paper circles sewed together) with my colors and that will be some added pop to the decor. But again, pretty simple. <br /><br />6. My invites should be here on Saturday! YAY! I don't remember if I blogged on all that action but to reiterate really quick, before I even got engaged I found these invites that I just HAD to have out of a magazine. Well, of course....I called the place and turns out that they are all handpainted! WHAT? I didn't even know that existed for invites. They were like $12 a pop. Yikes. I love you all, but not that much. So I went to my friend, etsy...and sent the picture around to a few design-y ladies to see what they would come up with. They were pretty awful because it's so hard to find a way to use a font to look handpainted. FINALLY after paying a few too many ladies to try their hand at it, I found a lady that was perfect. With a few tweaks, it turned out great. I know it sounds high maintenance of me, but I looked for others. I promise I did! My heart was randomly attached to these! So here is the proof she sent me online. I guess I'll just debut it here even though they are going out soon....It's not like I'm paying some guards to keep all my wedding stuff secret like Kate Middleton;) Not so much in high demand for info in little ole Wichita!....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teVe6GFtMsc/TfpC02z-rfI/AAAAAAAAAfI/ipqMr0PY6pE/s1600/image8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teVe6GFtMsc/TfpC02z-rfI/AAAAAAAAAfI/ipqMr0PY6pE/s320/image8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618876960932277746" /></a><br /><br />This picture doesn't really do it justice, but it looks real vintage and faded in person once it's printed:) I wanted to keep it all on ONE page. I am not into the whole here is a million papers to sort through with info. So I also made a wedding website....for FREE! Such a blessing that I found it! It keeps track of RSVPS and everyone can get on there for directions, hotels, registry, and venue stuff. It is so nice to have technology! So the website is:<br />http://82711.nearlyweds.com<br />But not all my info is on there. I will get on that before I send the invites out of course:)<br /><br />7. Oh ya! My shoes! So remember those darling flats I ordered awhile back with the yellow and white stripes? They are handpainted from Spain...no big deal;) Etsy people! Get on that train!!! :) Well God stalled her from getting in the order of the plain shoes for a reason, because she was able to coordinate with my new colors! She is AMAZING! Etsy makes me feel like such an untalented loser! But I sent her all the colors I needed changed and she created this masterpiece! I have them in my possession and they are not only adorable...but super freaking comfortable too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sr_6PyT9eaU/TfpEh7L0ydI/AAAAAAAAAfo/ZY3u8QCuetg/s1600/shoe4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sr_6PyT9eaU/TfpEh7L0ydI/AAAAAAAAAfo/ZY3u8QCuetg/s320/shoe4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618878834711775698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTn5RZMhbE/TfpEhexmWWI/AAAAAAAAAfg/hR2QFb5-Tt8/s1600/shoe3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IiTn5RZMhbE/TfpEhexmWWI/AAAAAAAAAfg/hR2QFb5-Tt8/s320/shoe3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618878827085584738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5aVwJfPyq4/TfpEhMOJr7I/AAAAAAAAAfY/v95a3hiyTQ4/s1600/shoe2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5aVwJfPyq4/TfpEhMOJr7I/AAAAAAAAAfY/v95a3hiyTQ4/s320/shoe2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618878822105067442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JxxC49glAmQ/TfpEg6oGCLI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/tt584xO1xIE/s1600/shoe1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JxxC49glAmQ/TfpEg6oGCLI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/tt584xO1xIE/s320/shoe1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618878817382041778" /></a><br /><br />8. So I am trying to think of other updates, but at the moment I am fresh out. I am 2 months 11 days out. Again, yikes. I am going to try to stay caught up on all this now. Seriously, I'm going to. Seriously!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-46923302998214287282011-02-16T16:31:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:44:43.374-08:00Our first Valentine's Day!This post is a little late for Valentine's day, but I had to post! It was such a great Valentine's day:) It is pretty crazy to me that our first Valentine's day ever ...and we are already engaged! Ha!<br />Ok, well we ate at Gaslamp, which is a new restaurant in Wichita where the Shadow (my old stompin grounds) used to be. They tore it down pretty much and remodeled the entire inside. It was gorgeous! It was super fancy and special. I had mentioned that we should try it sometime to Chance awhile back and he surprised me with reservations! It was so fun. I got a new dress and everything ...haha. Here is the only picture I could find on their website, they didn't have any inside ones:(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U0Uw2wX2Cas/TWMmb0FR7pI/AAAAAAAAAdM/wRALtq6AbTc/s1600/storefront.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 186px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U0Uw2wX2Cas/TWMmb0FR7pI/AAAAAAAAAdM/wRALtq6AbTc/s320/storefront.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576343022893919890" /></a><br />It was really yummy! I got a tenderloin with hollandaise and crab on it and Chance got a steak (typical!). It was sooooooo good. We also got a cheese fondue starter which was fun too. <br />Chance started out my V-day with some amazing pink roses! He really knows me, because I am so not ever traditional...and pink was so perfect! I love that he knows me! Accompanying it was a super cute card with this little cartoon with popping eyes on the inside haha, I'll put in a picture below. Sorry the bouquet picture is not ideal, but I was running late to work and wanted to snap one real quick. Don't mind my cluttered desk!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j2fBxbgD8Xk/TWMvxAG8btI/AAAAAAAAAdk/CYcbCrNbjaw/s1600/IMAG1310.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j2fBxbgD8Xk/TWMvxAG8btI/AAAAAAAAAdk/CYcbCrNbjaw/s320/IMAG1310.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576353282504027858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TD3yj6nBZ5I/TWMvxAfjA6I/AAAAAAAAAdc/XJT_aSkOe9Q/s1600/IMAG1311.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TD3yj6nBZ5I/TWMvxAfjA6I/AAAAAAAAAdc/XJT_aSkOe9Q/s320/IMAG1311.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576353282607219618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X7t-dcfYWL4/TWMvwzbpb2I/AAAAAAAAAdU/tPngSBdkMQQ/s1600/IMAG1312.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X7t-dcfYWL4/TWMvwzbpb2I/AAAAAAAAAdU/tPngSBdkMQQ/s320/IMAG1312.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576353279101202274" /></a><br />We got all dressed up for our dinner and I was so pumped to take pictures, because...well...getting me dressed up these days is pretty rare!... but when my mom was attempting pictures of us, my phone was being super awful and we couldn't seem to get one of us that wasn't blurry, so no full length pictures:(...also because I didn't want to be that girl at the fancy dinner being like "oh excuse me waiter would you take our picture on v-day?"...haha. So we attempted to take SOME pictures just us taking them ourselves and weren't very successful, but we managed to get a couple so we could at least document our night together:) I also took a picture of my shoes I wore to PROVE that I am still rocking heels even though we are getting older and married...I haven't given them up yet!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_DiH7hy96U/TWMwccPW6cI/AAAAAAAAAd8/ZHHEwYV3HLg/s1600/IMAG1333.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_DiH7hy96U/TWMwccPW6cI/AAAAAAAAAd8/ZHHEwYV3HLg/s320/IMAG1333.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576354028789885378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3UxB-dTJqRs/TWMwcEgFwDI/AAAAAAAAAd0/z8iwj1ttb-0/s1600/IMAG1335.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3UxB-dTJqRs/TWMwcEgFwDI/AAAAAAAAAd0/z8iwj1ttb-0/s320/IMAG1335.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576354022417612850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wYVIrhMEQhs/TWMwcARfxpI/AAAAAAAAAds/2uIXAcRTkkE/s1600/IMAG1344.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wYVIrhMEQhs/TWMwcARfxpI/AAAAAAAAAds/2uIXAcRTkkE/s320/IMAG1344.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576354021282662034" /></a><br />So that was our V-day plans, we were going to go for a drink after, but that was during the 7 days that my ID was MIA so ... we went home and relaxed. Which was fine, too! :) Oh ya, gifts! Of course! ...<br />If I haven't mentioned already, Chance is SO GENIUS when it comes to gifts. He always knows just what to give a girl to make her giddy. I feel like that girl on the movies that has that one guy who always surprises her with special things and always remembers things the girl likes and all her girlfriends hate her for it. Except my scenario is minus the hating;) I just love bragging on Chance. He is such an amazing man and every day I question why I got him. He does all the special note-leaving, surprise-giving things that I always wanted. Just him leaving me five dollars to get a drink or a pack of gum or a card is just what I always told my friends I wanted in a man. It's that thoughtfulness. So, anyway, Chance = thoughtful and wonderful. Thanks, babe...for making my life so dang special:)<br /><br />Chance got me a really big fleece blanket from target with two cute birds on it. I am always getting cold feet at his apartment, so he said this was to aid me in staying oh so warm:) It is great! Super cozy. He also got me some Yorks that had pink filling and in the shape of hearts haha... my favorite treat ever! He also got me a really really special gift card to Healing Waters. It is a super fancy spa in Wichita and I am SO PUMPED TO GO THERE! Here is the website if you want to poke around:)<br /><br /><a href="http://healingwatersbeauty.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://healingwatersbeauty.com/default.aspx</a><br /><br />For Chance, who is impossible to buy for, I tried to use my creative side. He always wants more and more quality time, so I got him quality time for a gift! haha. Ok, kinda. I got him four date "packages" that he can choose from. He can take me out to 4 different special dates on me! I thought this way he could spend time with me, do super special things, and not have to worry about money! So he was thrilled...and is excited to use them! I made him promise not to use them all in one week ;) I got a little laminating-crazy and typed out these "packages" in funny ways with pictures and wording like I was describing a package on the Price is Right haha. I wanted him to know I put time into my dates and thought through which he would like the most. I would take a picture of all my laminated "date packages", but I am feeling lazy and don't want to, so you'll have to use your creative mind to picture them ! His four dates were:<br />1. Sushi dinner at our FAVORITE fancy sushi place downtown. OMG I want it now.<br />2. Special balcony seating with dinner at the theater for a movie. (He LOVES the special fancy balcony seating with seat warmers and big loveseats!)<br />3. An afternoon of fun and games at ...wait for it...Chuck E Cheeses! HA! Don't judge, he was MOST excited about this package! haha. He loves arcade games and well, what better place! At the end of describing the package, I put "Chuck E Cheese...where a couple........can be a couple". <br />4. The last package was a couples massage at a fun massage place on the West side of town. He is excited, his muscles needed this!<br /><br />So that was our 2011 Valentine's Day. Chance was so thoughtful and precious and always thinks of super amazing things for me. Valentine's Day was full of love... and was the first AND last V-day together before we are official! 8.27.11 can not come quick enough!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-61602345838466240622011-02-11T17:34:00.000-08:002011-02-11T18:38:04.344-08:00Project Wedding: "Flowers"Well...flowers. This was a total God thing because I was really wanting something ...wait for it....BOLD :) But unique, and laid back....sensing a pattern in the plans yet? haha. <br />I wanted some bouquets that were kind of wildflower looking, but still modern. Kinda like this type of thing:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0we3ItLxCPM/TVXm5sUr64I/AAAAAAAAAck/lg5jGPoWF8w/s1600/rustic-french-bouquet1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0we3ItLxCPM/TVXm5sUr64I/AAAAAAAAAck/lg5jGPoWF8w/s320/rustic-french-bouquet1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572613992765713282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lN8gEaqEao4/TVXm5pWp7AI/AAAAAAAAAcc/w6gloYpQRdo/s1600/Purple-and-Red-Wildflower-Bouquet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lN8gEaqEao4/TVXm5pWp7AI/AAAAAAAAAcc/w6gloYpQRdo/s320/Purple-and-Red-Wildflower-Bouquet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572613991968664578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BMKtDDD4X4Q/TVXm5epKEbI/AAAAAAAAAcU/OemvyybQau0/s1600/2107.Picture19.jpg.resize.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BMKtDDD4X4Q/TVXm5epKEbI/AAAAAAAAAcU/OemvyybQau0/s320/2107.Picture19.jpg.resize.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572613989093478834" /></a><br />So I went to a consultation with a local florist who is well known for creativity. He was super nice and spent ohhhh two hours telling me how to do everything about my wedding except for the flowers haha. Finally in the last 30 minutes we talked about flowers and he actually pulled out some stuff that was pretty much exactly what I wanted! <br />Anyway, we had pretty much decided on that florist when I stumbled upon something on..............I'll give you once guess....ETSY!<br />I fell in love with something completely bold, unique, different, and fun! Which suits my style just perfectly:) So I ditched the flower idea. I mean, who has real flowers at their wedding?...haha JUST KIDDING. Here are the pictures of what I ordered.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jrcKoMWItxY/TVXwfWNmHnI/AAAAAAAAAc0/8QNrWSeHsmI/s1600/171853_492388471228_88684151228_6144744_2903136_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jrcKoMWItxY/TVXwfWNmHnI/AAAAAAAAAc0/8QNrWSeHsmI/s320/171853_492388471228_88684151228_6144744_2903136_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572624535270071922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pH92zcBTgX0/TVXwfLj1teI/AAAAAAAAAcs/T3tZk-iceck/s1600/171091_492388241228_88684151228_6144740_5039117_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pH92zcBTgX0/TVXwfLj1teI/AAAAAAAAAcs/T3tZk-iceck/s320/171091_492388241228_88684151228_6144740_5039117_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572624532410578402" /></a><br />All the bridesmaids will have different bouquets with different buttons. My bouquet will be a little bigger than the girls and mostly white with accents of yellow and grey with really blingy buttons. The bridesmaids will have alternating colors on theirs. Like mostly grey with white and yellow and mostly yellow with white and grey, with more solid buttons. The boutonnieres are super cute too. Chance is so pumped about them!Here I included some pictures of an example that the lady who makes them sent me where the exact ones I want were used in a wedding! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-upDndezY4NA/TVXw-AtrssI/AAAAAAAAAdE/2iX0XUkbsug/s1600/Groomsmen%2BBoutonnieres.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-upDndezY4NA/TVXw-AtrssI/AAAAAAAAAdE/2iX0XUkbsug/s320/Groomsmen%2BBoutonnieres.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572625062075019970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6tmnBJMmMcw/TVXw9xtN_VI/AAAAAAAAAc8/XIUHdZztWSA/s1600/The%2BGirls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6tmnBJMmMcw/TVXw9xtN_VI/AAAAAAAAAc8/XIUHdZztWSA/s320/The%2BGirls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572625058046541138" /></a><br />The flower girls will carry the same type of bouquet...but only like 5 stems. So they will definitely match the "big girls" but more their size:) On their bouquets, I also included a little personal touch and added a few leaves to their bouquet. One leaf on each bouquet will be monogrammed with their initials! So I hope the little girls think that's super special. I'll put up pics when I get them. <br />The moms and grandmas will wear corsages that are made from the flowers on the bouquets...and made special with some of the same "blingy" buttons that will be on my bouquet. <br />I got a "toss size" bouquet for throwing at the reception. Cuz I'm sure as heck not throwing my beautiful keepsake! Ha. It will be special to throw one that whoever catches it can keep! I'm really excited to see all that I ordered. I think it will be fun! And then I don't have to worry about flowers being delivered, them wilting in the August heat, etc...I'm attempting to get away with NO LIVE flowers at my wedding. Not so traditional. Hopefully no one judges me. Chance and I both agree on what style we want, and making him happy and everyone have a relaxing, fun time at my wedding is what's most important to me. If I can succeed at those things, I will be one happy frikin bride:)On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-78731431440591319642011-02-10T13:38:00.000-08:002011-02-13T18:41:13.629-08:00Project Wedding: Bridal PartyFINALLY I can post about my bridal party!!! I had been trying to find a cute way to ask all my girls to be bridesmaids, but it was hard because 5 out of the 7 don't even live in Wichita! So as I was browsing on Etsy, I found these handmade paper fortune cookies and you could get a message written inside them. Well I just thought that was a neat idea, but as I got to thinking...I realized hey, I bet I could make those by myself! <br />So....after a few youtube video instructionals and web page look ups, I finally got it down! Thanks to Aunt Cordry for all those origami books that got me so good at the art of folding paper haha...<br />I printed out little fortune papers to go inside each fortune "cookie" that said "It is in your destiny to be present in Wichita, KS on August 27,2011 as a bridesmaid for Chance and Katie's wedding. Lucky numbers: 08 27 11". I folded up some fortune cookies from some scrapbook paper with the message inside and then found some Chinese take out fold boxes from Target! What a blessing Target had some cute ones! They had to be mailed, so I was nervous the paper cookies would get smashed:( But it all worked out! I got some tissue paper to keep the cookies from smashing and put a message on top that said "Open to find your fortune" when you opened the box.<br />So I shipped off all SEVEN boxes and waited for each girl to receive their box!<br />Here are a few pics of the process of packaging and learning how to fold the fortune cookies:)<br /><br />Chance did this....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bydmj2WQSz0/TVR-ctBOC4I/AAAAAAAAAcE/5LWIN45hF2w/s1600/IMAG1264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bydmj2WQSz0/TVR-ctBOC4I/AAAAAAAAAcE/5LWIN45hF2w/s320/IMAG1264.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572217670550293378" /></a><br /><br />While I did this....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xVmOXVPFCBE/TVR-cVV3RHI/AAAAAAAAAb8/3ISiftvzH9c/s1600/IMAG1262.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xVmOXVPFCBE/TVR-cVV3RHI/AAAAAAAAAb8/3ISiftvzH9c/s320/IMAG1262.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572217664194430066" /></a><br /><br />Which eventually turned into this....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SY0Yhd5JSFU/TVR9v5EbS1I/AAAAAAAAAb0/iu5aQMwga90/s1600/IMAG1267.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SY0Yhd5JSFU/TVR9v5EbS1I/AAAAAAAAAb0/iu5aQMwga90/s320/IMAG1267.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572216900690856786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9mbFqd_jy-Y/TVR9vxQc3gI/AAAAAAAAAbs/SPOLUBRiiBY/s1600/IMAG1268.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9mbFqd_jy-Y/TVR9vxQc3gI/AAAAAAAAAbs/SPOLUBRiiBY/s320/IMAG1268.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572216898593807874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBFBIsSWnrg/TVR9vnnwCQI/AAAAAAAAAbk/1-6ox-tweks/s1600/IMAG1273.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBFBIsSWnrg/TVR9vnnwCQI/AAAAAAAAAbk/1-6ox-tweks/s320/IMAG1273.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572216896007178498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LoyWMHweaY/TVR-vig9gBI/AAAAAAAAAcM/SOM3jffCp6o/s1600/IMAG1276.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LoyWMHweaY/TVR-vig9gBI/AAAAAAAAAcM/SOM3jffCp6o/s320/IMAG1276.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572217994148151314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9oPQpMMYWj4/TVR9vextekI/AAAAAAAAAbc/_8l5xZaa0Aw/s1600/IMAG1283.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9oPQpMMYWj4/TVR9vextekI/AAAAAAAAAbc/_8l5xZaa0Aw/s320/IMAG1283.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572216893633034818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ylCbwPX_zgE/TVR9valuarI/AAAAAAAAAbU/LK4jSxntM3I/s1600/IMAG1277.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ylCbwPX_zgE/TVR9valuarI/AAAAAAAAAbU/LK4jSxntM3I/s320/IMAG1277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572216892509022898" /></a><br />The bridal party is as follows:<br />Matron of HonorS: Yes two....my two sisters! Who else could possibly be as important to me as my big sisters!? They have been through a lot with me, been examples, and have loved on me my entire life. Sorry Laura, for not giving you a bite of my ice cream when I was 5, but this is my way of saying "Thanks!(and sorry!)" haha. So I am honored to have them each as a Matron of Honor at my wedding. I love you sisters. :)<br /><br />Bridesmaids:<br />Tara- Chance's sister<br />Amanda- roommate from college<br />Jessica- friend from college<br />Anna- friend from church<br />Erin- friend since high school<br /><br />Seems like a lot right? .... Well, it seemed like a lot of packages to make haha, but it was worth it. Those girls are so special and I couldn't have made it through a lot of my life situations without them. God provided each of them right when I needed it. Thanks, girls....I can't wait!<br />Chance is having seven as well, to match me:) His friends are all super fun and all but one is from Ellinwood. So he is pumped to have a big bridal party to hang with all day:)<br />That's my wedding party! I am so glad that part is over and I want to get on finding some outfits for them! I obviously want them to be wearing something to fit my theme, which is relaxed, chill, and laid back. I don't want dresses, I want skirts and cute ruffle cardigans or something of the sort. I am HOPING for yellow straight pencil type skirts and then a black or white under shirt with the cardigan over it. My inspiration was this: (found it on a blog!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zx0n8Nlen_0/TVRenwo5AoI/AAAAAAAAAak/SZu9LmpDKR0/s1600/vintage-arizona-wedding12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zx0n8Nlen_0/TVRenwo5AoI/AAAAAAAAAak/SZu9LmpDKR0/s320/vintage-arizona-wedding12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572182676128465538" /></a><br /><br />Cute? I really like it and I refuse to find something else. Well not REFUSE, but I would like something in this genre. With those colors. See how one of them is wearing a grey dress? I am assuming she is wearing something different because she is the maid of honor. I am thinking Susan and Laura could find a matching grey dress with a yellowish cardigan or cover thing like that. That way they could be matching and sort of different than the rest of the girls. If any of you see anything like these pictures, let me know! :) I am on the prowl!!On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-81576635507678768942011-02-10T13:25:00.000-08:002011-02-10T16:02:53.307-08:00Project Wedding: Flower girls and Ring bearerWell, I officially can blog about my nieces and nephew being in my wedding because they got their packages and accepted! I really wanted to do some personal stuff for my wedding. I just want it to be special and want them to remember it as something meaningful to me. I decided that it would be super fun to have all three of my nieces as my flower girls and my nephew as my ring bearer. They are such fun friends and I think they would enjoy all walking down the aisle together:) PLUS they are all adorable!!!....BONUS! :) I wish Wella wella (my youngest niece, Luella) could be in it, but alas...I think she will be too tiny still. Well, her chubs wont be small! :) I miss her! I will probably sneak her into lots of pictures with the wedding party!<br /><br />So since I have been really committing myself to doing special DIY things throughout my wedding preps, I decided to do something fun for the kids:) In order to ask them to be in my wedding, I wrote them a little poem and laminated it (bonus, i love laminating) with a picture of all three girls together. They are such buds and I took a silly pic of them over a holiday and who knew I would need it now! I also sent them each a cute little handmade bow for their hair that I got from a cute specialty store here in Wichita. It was kind of a bribe to say yes! haha. I sent Sammy a cap gun, cuz I mean, this kid doesn't want a hair clip and man does he love guns! So I sent him a different bribe. Here are some pics of the packages I put together for them to open. I was so excited to hear from them when they got it! Chance and I have been on the edge of our seats ever since we mailed it. I wish real mail was like email! <br />(If you click on the last picture it will make it bigger so you can read the poem I attempted to write)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVQiiwzTQxY/TVR6-nLyrzI/AAAAAAAAAa8/GQdYxfYNz0Y/s1600/IMAG1269.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TVQiiwzTQxY/TVR6-nLyrzI/AAAAAAAAAa8/GQdYxfYNz0Y/s320/IMAG1269.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572213855053066034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKwRPQ_4muU/TVR6-k2NaEI/AAAAAAAAAa0/PUBN-3yLCl8/s1600/IMAG1271.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKwRPQ_4muU/TVR6-k2NaEI/AAAAAAAAAa0/PUBN-3yLCl8/s320/IMAG1271.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572213854425671746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NsORYqI9wIU/TVR6-Trz9bI/AAAAAAAAAas/g8L1qd3XvyM/s1600/IMAG1270.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NsORYqI9wIU/TVR6-Trz9bI/AAAAAAAAAas/g8L1qd3XvyM/s320/IMAG1270.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572213849818658226" /></a><br /><br />Oh, and here is a pic of the ring bearer "pillow" that we ordered. I think it goes with my sort of, rustic, shabby chic theme. And maybe Sammy will think it's cooler than carrying a lace bordered pillow;) It's kind of like a cut out from a tree trunk?....Anyway, I took a liking to it! It's from Etsy of course:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jPycLOa6t_Y/TVRaRbFbCLI/AAAAAAAAAac/vgHWyP4iAeY/s1600/il_fullxfull.207489283.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jPycLOa6t_Y/TVRaRbFbCLI/AAAAAAAAAac/vgHWyP4iAeY/s320/il_fullxfull.207489283.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572177894338922674" /></a><br /><br />Thanks Sammy, Claire, Ellie, and Jane for being a part of your Aunt's big day! I love you so much!<br /><br />PS<br /> Here are a couple recent pictures of the ring:) I just love trying different nail colors to make it look extra pretty. I know, I know, I won't always take care of my hands and I will eventually get used to my ring as I get into marriage, but I want to take advantage of how much I love it now! So here are a few recent ones! (As if it fluctuates haha)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RTusK57iKb8/TVR8e_0w_3I/AAAAAAAAAbM/ZdHuByBRBCA/s1600/IMAG1233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RTusK57iKb8/TVR8e_0w_3I/AAAAAAAAAbM/ZdHuByBRBCA/s320/IMAG1233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572215510934814578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D_mp0fm5efc/TVR8emSVD3I/AAAAAAAAAbE/0UJDAczvgEM/s1600/IMAG1242.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D_mp0fm5efc/TVR8emSVD3I/AAAAAAAAAbE/0UJDAczvgEM/s320/IMAG1242.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572215504079490930" /></a>On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-64133500416326255942011-02-08T12:12:00.000-08:002011-02-08T12:41:41.044-08:00Project Wedding: Food and ShoesOk, so I am overflowing with thankfulness, because God has blessed me with AMAZING in-laws. They have been there for me during visits to Ellinwood and have been so encouraging to get to know. I never thought I would love the family I married into so much. As if God hasn't already given me a fabulous immediate family, He goes and gives me more! I am so lucky. I have two parents who love and support us constantly and now I have two more! Thank you Mom, Dad, Jimmy, and Big Ran ;).....you all are so special. <br /><br />One cool in-law fact is that Randy owns a restaurant in Ellinwood. I believe I have blogged about it before...<br />Anyway, he has amazing talent for cooking (again, I already have a mom that is a fabulous cook and now a future father in law!) and commits himself to catering as well! We thought and prayed about it for awhile and finally decided to ask if he would cater for our wedding (and rehearsal dinner!). I was hesitant, because I really don't want him hurrying around all day and missing out on wedding day stuff. He seemed to really be open to doing it and every time we mentioned it, he was very positive and said he would love to. I still think he is going to get in trouble with me on my wedding day for working too much, but he assures me he will stay in his "father of the groom" position once the wedding starts. We'll see... ;)<br />Here is Chance and his dad when we went to see him at a fair he was selling food at. Lone Wolf...yummmm...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGqE9erpQI/AAAAAAAAAaU/ug223YXiCUI/s1600/IMAG0255.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGqE9erpQI/AAAAAAAAAaU/ug223YXiCUI/s320/IMAG0255.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571421216233465090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGqE1_J4LI/AAAAAAAAAaM/jscUmjsz04g/s1600/IMAG0254.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGqE1_J4LI/AAAAAAAAAaM/jscUmjsz04g/s320/IMAG0254.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571421214222180530" /></a><br /><br />Anyway, I have a caterer now! A great one at that! His place is called the Lone Wolf and he will be hauling down his big ole stocked up trailer to Wichita for cookin. I am so excited to have him be a part of our day! I have my dad as the officiant and my father in law as the cook! It's a family affair apparently:) So I haven't decided WHAT he is going to cater yet but I am open for suggestions. He can LITERALLY do anything. So I am not sure where to start! He has great potatoes, so that's a for sure, but vegetables and meat....I don't know. Feel free to comment your ideas.<br /><br />Ok, SHOES! I have found the shoes people....get excited. I was nervous to order them because they are from Etsy, a sight where only handmade and vintage things can be sold. So it's not like they are returnable! But, I made the purchase! I really wanted super cute heels at first, but then I thought about trotting around in them all day and dancing...and I decided cute flats would be fun and realistic. So I have been looking far and wide for some unique flats that would be bold...like my wedding:)<br />Well, how much more bold can hand made, hand painted flats be? Here they are...I don't have them yet, I just sent my measurements, but I will take a picture of them when I get them in. They will also say "Chance (heart) Katie" on the back banner. With a drawn heart in between our names. The front top part will all be the same except she is adding our wedding date above the flower:) It is really neat because as soon as I bought them she took them off her store! So maybe that means no one else can buy them??? The store is called "No ordinary stuff"...So that makes me feel special, haha. Anyway, here they are:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGo6QlNUrI/AAAAAAAAAaE/2BWE5FuehFE/s1600/1286736093-464.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGo6QlNUrI/AAAAAAAAAaE/2BWE5FuehFE/s320/1286736093-464.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571419932870922930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGo6Fr0bgI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/O7Mi4F6hesY/s1600/1286736070-491.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVGo6Fr0bgI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/O7Mi4F6hesY/s320/1286736070-491.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571419929945861634" /></a><br /><br />So maybe it's weird that I combined shoes with food, but those are the updates:) Keepin up?.....On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2183116619639827275.post-12559851009210688862011-02-07T21:00:00.001-08:002011-02-07T21:02:58.934-08:00Project Wedding: Guest favorsOk, so I have found the CUTEST little wedding favor idea. DIY of course:) It is a make your own tiny little s'mores kit! Here's a picture. It has a tiny candle, matches, graham crackers, chocolate, and tiny marshmallows! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVDOXX4n0CI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/ZnU_jpAgx_g/s1600/smores6-e1291156737142.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6evVbIVqAcM/TVDOXX4n0CI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/ZnU_jpAgx_g/s320/smores6-e1291156737142.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571179640001122338" /></a><br /><br />I'm almost certain I want to do this. I have never seen this idea done before and I think my guests would really like to take one home! Maybe I'll see another idea I like better, but I am pretty set on this action.On the Verge-Couples ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11774433495270069623noreply@blogger.com0